Source: Jerry Hagstrom, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 7/24/20

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., both told The Hagstrom Report the Senate Republican coronavirus aid package now in development contains $20 billion in additional aid for farmers. "While the text of the legislation is not final yet, as it stands now, there is $20 billion in direct appropriations for agriculture assistance to go along with the $14 billion in CCC (Commodity Credit Corporation) authority that became available earlier this month under the CARES Act," Hoeven said in an email.

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