Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 9/2/20


Twenty one senators from 14 wheat-producing states on Wednesday wrote Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asking for more aid for farmers growing all classes of wheat, citing that COVID-19 and other factors are depressing wheat prices. The letter said wheat farmers are facing "deteriorating economic conditions" as the wheat harvest wraps up. USDA's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program provides payments for farmers who grow hard red spring wheat and durum wheat. Other classes of wheat, however, are not eligible, having not met USD

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