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Legislators urge USDA to include apple growers in CFAP payments

06/24/20 9:30 AM By Noah Wicks
KEYWORDS apples CFAP covid-19 Jim Bair Jim Costa John Garamendi TJ Cox
A bipartisan group of 25 lawmakers sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Purdue on Monday demanding that USDA include apple growers in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program after the department decided to keep apple growers out of the program.
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Noah Wicks
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