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Stopgap bill funds trade aid, other farm benefits

09/19/19 10:30 AM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS CCC Collin Peterson Commodity Credit Corp continuing resolution CR disaster hemp market facilitation program MFP trade aid
A House stopgap spending bill aimed at avoiding an Oct. 1 government shutdown would ensure that trade assistance to farmers continues and also would bolster specialty crop research and fund USDA’s coming hemp program.
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