Source: Jacqui Fatka, FARM PROGRESS, 11/8/19


The second round of 2019 trade aid payments will be ready in the next few weeks, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said during a call with the media on Thursday afternoon. Perdue said the U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to have the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments ready by the end of November or early December. As of Nov. 4, USDA reported that 564,181 applications, accounting for $6.687 billion, have been paid out to farmers. The top five states receiving money include Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota.

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