Source:THE PRODUCE NEWS, 5/20/20


As part of the Coronavirus Farm Assistance Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it will provide up to $2.1 billion in direct payments to specialty crops producers. The payments will be based on losses where prices and market supply chains have been affected and will help producers facing additional adjustment and marketing costs resulting from lost demand and short-term oversupply for the 2020 marketing year as a result of COVID-19.. 

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