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Daybreak April 8: Aid demand grows as produce industry details ask

04/08/20 9:29 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, Ben Nuelle, and Steve Davies
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Requests for COVID-19 relief are piling up at USDA. The produce industry is the latest to weigh in, with proposals to USDA to provide up to $5 billion in payments to growers and dealers who were hammered by the loss of markets after restaurants, hotels and schools shut down.
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