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Massive stimulus deal authorizes billions in new farm aid

03/25/20 11:14 AM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Agriculture Department animal drugs cattle coronavirus covid-19 food and drug administration Food Safety and Inspection Service food stamps Foreign Agricultural Service fruits and vegetables FSIS John Hoeven local agriculture market facilitation program MFP pandemic rural broadband rural hospitals SNAP specialty crops Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program TEFAP usda
Congressional leaders have reached agreement on a $2 trillion economic rescue package that would replenish the Agriculture Department’s Commodity Credit Corp. authority and earmark additional money for livestock and specialty crop producers as well as local agriculture.
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