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Farm groups welcome new trade aid, but critics see inequities

07/25/19 4:31 PM By Bill Tomson and Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Agriculture Department china corn cotton House Agriculture Committee market facilitation program Senate Agriculture Committee Sonny Perdue soybeans trade usda wheat
The Agriculture Department overhauled its Market Facilitation Program to broaden the number of farmers that would receive the trade aid, but officials may encounter new grumbling over the wide disparities in county payment rates.
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