Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 9/1/21


Since it revamped its pandemic relief programs in March to “reach a broader set of producers,” the Agriculture Department has committed $8.75 billion in assistance to farmers and ranchers, including $750 million for the dairy sector and up to $1 billion for contract growers of pigs and poultry. Only a few items remained on its list for implementation on Tuesday, among them $700 million for biofuel producers. The USDA has been silent about a proposal, made in the last week of the Trump era, for “top up” payments to hog farmers of $17 per head.

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