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Handouts to small/new farmers
Story Date: 6/15/2018
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Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 6/14/18
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) offered an amendment to create a "micro EQIP" program to make it easier for small farmers to receive benefits under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, a cost-sharing initiative that helps farmers build capital projects good for the environment. Young and beginning farmers would also get an extra slice of EQIP dollars under a proposal from Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), which would increase from 5 percent to 15 percent the amount that is designated to be set aside for such producers.
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