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Contract chicken growers are struggling to cover their costs because of outbreaks that have forced poultry processors in many areas to slow operations and reduce the number of birds their farmers will produce.

Farmers can start enrolling next week for $16 billion in coronavirus relief payments, but the Agriculture Department has decided to prorate the aid to ensure there is enough money to go around, Agri-Pulse has learned.

Sen. Bill Monning of the Central Coast wants to inform H-2A guestworkers of their rights when it comes to labor, housing, health and safety.

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North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring shares his thoughts on the impact COVID-19 has had on the agriculture economy and how agriculture can not be left out in the next Phase Four stimulus package.

Farm groups are awaiting the release any day of USDA’s requirements for $16 billion in direct payments to compensate producers for the market losses caused by the coronavirus crisis. OMB completed its review of the planned program on Friday.

Former Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, discusses the impacts COVID-19 has had on the agriculture industry and what America needs to do to ensure the agriculture sector’s strength long into the future.

Director of the National Drug Control Policy in the Executive Office of the President, Jim Carroll, discusses the importance of continuing to make strides in decreasing drug overdoses in rural areas, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

USDA is moving closer to launching signup for those $16 billion in direct COVID-19 payments that have been promised to farmers. The department is holding a webinar Thursday for farmers on the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.

It’s not everything that farm groups wanted, but the broad array of agricultural provisions in a $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill that the House is expected to vote on Friday are likely to find many supporters in the Senate.