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GAO: Largest farms benefitted from USDA changes to MFP

09/14/20 2:53 PM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Agriculture Department CFAP Coronavirus Food Assistance Program market facilitation program Senate Agriculture Committee usda
The increase in payment limits for the 2019 version of the Market Facilitation Program allowed large farming operations to collect an additional $519 million over the 2018 program, the Government Accountability Office says.
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