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USDA Announces Improvements to the Dairy Safety Net and New Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program

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USDA offers additional aid to dairy farmers and producers June 26, 2021 3:37 PM Kade Overton Updated: (WKBT) – The USDA Recently announced additional aid to dairy farmers and producers as part of the USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative. The plan would include $400 million for the new Dairy Donation Program to address food insecurity and mitigate food waste and loss. Additional pandemic payments targeted to dairy farmers have demonstrated losses that have not been covered by previous pandemic assistance. About $580 million is going for supplemental Dai...

USDA announces additional pandemic aid to ag producers, businesses The US Department of Agriculture has announced the "Pandemic Assistance for Producers Initiative," which will provide more financial assistance to ag producers and businesses. USDA Sec. Tom Vilsack said earlier this year the department planned on a later round of financial aid to fill in the gaps from previous rounds of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and other programs. Newly available funds will be focused on the logging, biofuels, dairy and livestock industries. “USDA is honoring its commitment to get financial as...

Pulse Growers Excluded from CFAP Funding Results in Urgent Call to Action Tuesday May 4th, 2021 The USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council (USADPLC) has confirmed that pulse crops were excluded from additional payments in the third Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) passed by Congress at the end of December 2020. Pulse crops were not alone. Every fruit, vegetable and specialty crop was excluded from the additional payment approved by Congress in December. Other program crops like wheat, barley, corn, soybeans and rice (Price-Trigger/Flat Rate) crops received a $20 per acre payment. T...