Source: FARM PROGRESS, 7/7/16

Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator Elanor Starmer announced that USDA is awarding $2.6 million in competitive grants to help develop solutions to problems affecting the specialty crop industry across state boundaries. AMS is awarding the funds to four projects under the new Specialty Crop Multi-State Program, which was created by the 2014 Farm Bill.

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