Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 2/10/21


The $1.9 trillion relief plan moving through the House of Representatives has roughly $16.1 billion in specific provisions for USDA -- mainly for nutrition programs -- but boosts in agricultural aid steered toward buying commodities or supporting minority or socially-disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. A key part of the bill would boost food-aid benefits, which take up roughly $12 billion in the projected costs of the agricultural provisions.

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