Quick hits: USDA lending system called outdated; rewriting the history of farming; who funds pink-slime publications?

The Department of Agriculture's outdated underwriting system hobbles rural lending, Maria Volkova reports for National Mortgage News.

America's lost crops rewrite the history of farming, Sarah Laskow writes for The Atlantic.

The Daily Beast names one billionaire who is funding "pink slime" journalism.

Montana wants to be the next wine country, from the Daily Yonder. 

The West is losing 1.3 million acres of sagebrush steppe per year, writes Sarah Trent for High Country News.