Source: Ben Nuelle, AGRI-PULSE, 12/9/20



A bipartisan group of senators negotiating a $908 billion coronavirus relief package is circulating a summary of the plan that says $13 billion would be allocated for the agriculture sector.  The summary, obtained by Agri-Pulse, doesn't specify how the money would be spent except for earmarking $600 million for fishery disaster relief.  A broad outline of the proposal said only that $26 billion would be provided for agriculture and nutrition. According to the new summary, the plan would temporarily boost the individual monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by 15%...

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