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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, September 03, 2024
USDA is making $1 billion in loan guarantees available “to help rural businesses meet their working capital needs during the coronavirus pandemic,” the department said Thursday.
Surrounded by farmer leaders, Secretary Sonny Perdue and daughter Ivanka Trump at the White House on Tuesday, President Donald Trump unveiled the broad outlines of the next coronavirus relief payments for farmers and ranchers.
The May Revise carries a number of cuts to ag programs – from CDFA’s operating budget to incentives grants for emissions reductions and positions for farm advisors.
Questions linger about the efficiency of USDA's new Farmers to Families food box program and why the Agricultural Marketing Service gave contracts to some companies that appeared unqualified to fulfill them.
Citrus leaders in the state say so far there is no evidence of citrus greening in commercial citrus groves, a disease that ravaged Florida citrus groves over the last 15 years.