Source: Tom Karst, THE PACKER, 1/11/21


A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allocate specific funding to protect essential agricultural workers as the agency implements agricultural provisions from H.R.133 — the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 directed the Secretary of Agriculture to use at least $1.5 billion to purchase and distribute agricultural products and to provide grants and loans to protect agricultural workers from COVID-19.

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