Source: SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 4/224/20

The signup period for a program called WHIP+ is open for farmers suffering losses because of natural disasters during the last two years. WHIP+ is the continuation of a federal disaster aid program. Most farmers in the corn belt will recall it as the program used last year to bump up prevent plant payments by 15%. Congress introduced WHIP+ last summer, then during the December appropriations process, it dropped in an additional $1.5 billion dollars in funding and expanded qualifying crop losses to include losses due to excessive moisture and D3 and D4 drought.

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