Senators John Thune of South Dakota and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin are urging the U.S. Treasury Department and Small Business Administration to issue guidance excluding CFAP payments from farmers and ranchers 2020 gross receipts. South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke says while producers need help with the pandemic’s impacts, many of these government programs need fixing so they’re effective and transparent.

He says the smaller businesses need COVID relief but more oversight is needed when the government rolls out these assistance programs.

Sombke says the way the state implemented the federal PPP program was not good.

Sombke says there has to be more than gross expenses used for receipts, there has to be some inventory accountability with the government aid programs.