Source: P.J. HUffstutter, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 4/3/20

U.S. farmers need immediate financial help as the coronavirus continues to roil the nation's food supply chain, the American Farm Bureau Federation said on Friday, urging the Agriculture Department to make special direct payments to dairy and cotton producers, livestock farmers and cattle ranchers, among others. In a letter sent to the USDA on Friday, the trade group also asked for emergency funding for ethanol plants, as well as the corn growers who can no longer sell their crops to them and the livestock producers who no longer have access to the facilities' byproducts for feed.

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