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USDA Works To Offer Assistance To A Variety Of Commodity Groups
USDA Works To Offer Assistance To A Variety Of Commodity Groups
USDA Works To Offer Assistance To A Variety Of Commodity Groups
The bison industry is one reflection of the broad scope of USDA programs available to our nation's producers. "Because of the efforts of the USDA, we have managed to make it through some rather difficult times; most recently, the C-FAP program," said Donnis Baggett of the National Bison Association ...
Farm Community Says Crop Insurance Needs To Be Fixed
Farm Community Says Crop Insurance Needs To Be Fixed
Farm Community Says Crop Insurance Needs To Be Fixed
Last week, farm experts from across the country told House Ag lawmakers that crop insurance and other farm safety net programs are working, but the pandemic has shown that some fixes are needed. Farmers needed more than crop insurance and for ARC and PLC to survive the pandemic as well as the trade wars, programs like CFAP, WHIP+ and MFP payments were all needed ...
USDA Announces Further Pandemic Aid
USDA Announces Further Pandemic Aid
USDA Announces Further Pandemic Aid
Earlier this week, the USDA announced the availability of more than $330 million as part of the Pandemic Assistance for Producers program. The funding includes $169.9 million for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, $75 million for Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program grantees and approximately $80 million in payments to domestic users of upland and extra-long staple cotton ...
USDA Reopens CFAP Application Period
USDA Reopens CFAP Application Period
USDA Reopens CFAP Application Period
USDA has re-opened the application period for the Coronavirus Food and Assistance Program or CFAP 2. "That was re-opened on April 5th for at least 60 days and the original sign up period ended December 11th," said Zach Ducheneaux, FSA Administrator ...
USDA Reopens CFAP2 Enrollment
USDA Reopens CFAP2 Enrollment
USDA Reopens CFAP2 Enrollment
On Monday, the USDA reopened the signup window for the CFAP 2. The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program provides financial assistance that gives producers the ability to absorb increased marketing costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic ...
USDA Rolls Out Pandemic Assistance
USDA Rolls Out Pandemic Assistance
USDA Rolls Out Pandemic Assistance
The USDA has announced their multi-billion-dollar Pandemic Assistance for Producers, which aims to fill in gaps from CFAP. The new effort puts at least $6 billion into new programs to reach a broader set of producers than earlier efforts, including small and minority, specialty crop and organic producers ...
Will There Be Changes To CFAP, Vilsack Offers Insight
Will There Be Changes To CFAP, Vilsack Offers Insight
Will There Be Changes To CFAP, Vilsack Offers Insight
While Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, did not make a formal announcement about USDA latest edition of CFAP, or additional assistance to farmers it is expected to provide, he provided insight earlier this week. "I expect and anticipate in the next week or so that we're going to be able to lay out the plan in terms of what we're going to try to do over the course of the next several weeks a
AFBF: Farmers Need More Time to Apply for CFAP
AFBF: Farmers Need More Time to Apply for CFAP
AFBF: Farmers Need More Time to Apply for CFAP
The American Farm Bureau Federation is asking the Department of Agriculture to extend the deadline to apply for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. In January, an additional $13 billion in assistance was made available to help farmers and ranchers suffering losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic ...
AFBF Supports Effort To Increase CCC Borrowing Limit
AFBF Supports Effort To Increase CCC Borrowing Limit
AFBF Supports Effort To Increase CCC Borrowing Limit
Legislation recently introduced in the House of Representatives would expand Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing authority from $30 billion to $68 billion. American Farm Bureau Federation Congressional Relations Director Andrew Walmsley says this would be the first CCC funding increase since 1987 ...

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