Source: Tyne Morgan, AGWEB, 2/1/21


AS USDA reviews the previous administration’s plans for the remaining CFAP money, Tom Vilsack, President Biden’s pick to lead USDA, will help spearhead those efforts. And we could learn more about future plans for the Commodity Credit Corporation—or CCC—as early as Tuesday. Vilsack’s confirmation hearing is scheduled to take place with the Senate Ag Committee Tuesday morning. The CCC was a tool the previous administration used to distribute tariff aid and coronavirus relief payments to producers. But it’s a tool Vilsack didn’t have at his disposal under the Obama Administration.

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