Farmers Smoking Pot In Iowa Face Loss of USDA Benefits

Farmers convicted of federal or state offense for the possession of a controlled substance shall be ineligible, at the discretion of the court, for any or all program benefits, as follows:up to 1 year upon the first conviction up to 5 years after a second or subsequent conviction.

If you are a USDA program recipient in a state which has no criminal penalty for small amounts of pot possession, this will not affect you.  But, in Iowa, the same act would result in a loss of perhaps tens of thousands of dollars.