Source:  Rhonda Brooks, AGWEB, 8/9/19


At first blush, the $14.5 billion package authorized for the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) seems a huge shot of financial support for American agricultural producers. But as those dollars are divvied up by operation across the country, it’s easy to see they will likely be quickly depleted.   To that effect, Farm Journal asked farmers in a recent Pulse survey, “Will the MFP payments announced by USDA offset price damage done by the trade war with China?”

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