Editor’s Note: This is a guest post written by the Farmers’ Legal Action Group, and updated as of April 25, 2021. Find earlier reporting from FLAG on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) on their website, and find NSAC’s initial reporting on PPP on our blog. The deadline for the Paycheck Protection Program, a COVID-19 relief […]
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A Closer Look at Legal Experts’ Helpful COVID-19 Resources for Farmers
Note: This post has been updated since its original publication and is current as of April 28. We will continue to update this post as more information becomes available. As farmers and communities across the country continue to face health, safety, and business impacts as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, many grassroots organizations […]
Farmers Now Eligible for SBA Emergency COVID-19 Assistance
Note: This post has been updated since its original publication and is current as of July 8. We will continue to update this post as more information becomes available. As small businesses of all kinds struggle to stay afloat and cope with the intensifying impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Congress has taken important steps […]
Congress Examines SBA Poultry Loan Practices in Contentious Hearing
The central question at last week’s House Small Business Committee hearing was this: Who does the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 7(a) program really help, and does that comport with the program’s stated intent? SBA’s 7(a) program has come under fire recently, following the release of an SBA Inspector General’s (IG) report that found SBA had […]
New Report Exposes Over $1 Billion in Bad Loanmaking at SBA
Last week, the exploitative business practices of multinational poultry processing companies – and the role of the Small Business Administration (SBA) in facilitating that exploitation – were put on display by a shocking report from the SBA’s own Office of Inspector General (OIG). The report reveals that SBA has in recent years made an increasing […]