Source: Jacqui Fatka, FARM PROGRESS, 12/21/20


The latest round of coronavirus aid for farmers provides specific guidelines on how an additional $13 billion in new funds can offer direct support for farmers and ranchers as well as an increase for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Both chambers are expected to debate and vote on the package Monday. Unlike the original $16 billion offered earlier this spring that allowed the secretary of agriculture to determine which agricultural sectors needed...

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