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Analysis: Midwest states dominate 2018 MFP payments

06/12/19 3:16 PM By Spencer Chase
KEYWORDS corn cotton Department of Agriculture exports market facilitation program MFP soybeans trade trade aid usda
Farmers in five Midwest states have claimed almost half of the $8.5 billion in trade assistance payments that USDA has provided so far as compensation for losses due to retaliatory tariffs.
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Spencer Chase
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