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USDA rolls out 2018, 2019 disaster aid

09/09/19 1:52 PM By Spencer Chase
KEYWORDS Department of Agriculture disaster disaster bill Farm Service Agency flooding FSA prevented planting richard fordyce usda
The Agriculture Department will provide larger disaster-aid payments for losses in 2018 than for 2019 and will offer prevent-plant bonus payments of up to 15% for farmers who were unable to seed crops this spring due to the heavy Midwest flooding, according to rules announced Monday.
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