Articles Tagged with ''covid-19''

President Trump used Thursday’s daily coronavirus briefing to offer some reassurance to farmers.

Ag Order 4.0 comment period extended * Trump: Expect aid in ’pretty near future’ * Food industry appeals for worker aid * PPE shortage worries industry

President Donald Trump says the federal government will distribute funds to producers impacted by coronavirus-related market disruptions in the “pretty near future.”

In this opinion piece, Michael Dykes, DVM, president & CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, urges Congress to compensate the men and women working on the front lines of the COVID-19 epidemic in food processing, food retail, food transportation, and throughout the food supply chain in the next coronavirus response package.

Rural health care leaders say the recently-passed Phase 3 coronavirus legislation and any potential phases to come need to better address the concerns of rural hospitals. 

Senate Democrats halted a Republican effort to add $250 billion to the highly popular Paycheck Protection Program for farms and small businesses, saying the measure failed to address other more urgent needs.

Farmers could be getting to $15.5 billion in aid to offset the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. That total includes the $9.5 billion in aid earmarked in the Phase 3 economic stimulus bill, plus an additional $6 billion that USDA has remaining in its Commodity Credit Corp. account, according to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.

In this opinion piece, Blake Hurst discusses how the word "natural" has impacted society in ways that makes the words "genetic engineering" seem like the bad guy.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says USDA wants to provide relief from the COVID-19 crisis to eligible farm sectors “sooner rather than later,” but the department will have to wait until this summer at the earliest to distribute an additional $14 billion in aid.

CDFA Sec. Karen Ross discussed the efforts her department is leading to ensure the safety and reliability of the food supply.