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Aid package may fall well short of offsetting COVID-19 losses

04/22/20 6:57 AM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Agriculture Department beef chicken corn coronavirus cotton covid-19 dairy food banks fruit milk pandemic pork soybeans specialty crops usda vegetables
USDA’s $19 billion COVID-19 aid package for farmers may fall well short of compensating producers for the estimated damage of the pandemic, and the department has an ambitious and novel plan to distribute USDA-purchased commodities to needy people. 
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