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cancelling contracts for work already completed is evil and lawless
https://www.hppr.org/hppr-news/2025-...eady-completedBill Shaw, owner of Shaw Feedyard in Ashland, has a contract worth $600,000 for rural energy development. He said he never thought twice about the government holding up its end of a contract, until now.
“Now the USDA is telling me I may not get paid and I don't understand how that's possible,” Shaw said. “If I have a contract with the government they hold me to it. I’m doing the same.”
The freeze has paused payments from the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP. The program was meant to help ag workers become more energy efficient and produce renewable energy. This would cut their energy costs while offsetting some of the negative environmental impacts farming can produce.
[COLOR=var(--secondaryTextColor)]Calen MooreShaw was one of many rural Kansans who saw the opportunity to go green and save money. He installed solar panels on his feedyard operation to cut down on his electric bill and offset the carbon emissions produced by his operation.
The program requires the work be done upfront. Farmers pay for the project, like installing renewable energy or planting cover crops with their own money, and the government reimburses them up to 50%.
“If Trump doesn't want to have a solar energy program in the future, that's his business. But this is a deal that was already done long before he ever came into office,” Shaw said.
The USDA wouldn’t confirm how many REAP grants are paused in Kansas.
