Trade mitigation round two coming as soon as Thursday
Story Date: 5/23/2019

 

Source: SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 5/22/19

Sources close to the president say another aid package aimed at helping producers hurt by the ongoing trade war with China could be announced as soon as Thursday. Bloomberg reports that the trade mitigation package, similar to the one implemented last year, could be as much as $15 billion dollars. According to two people familiar with the proceedings, the administration is considering payments of about $2 per bushel to soybean growers, 63 cents per bushel to wheat growers and 4 cents per bushel to corn...

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