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Mar 30, 2021 Farm Talk Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is establishing new programs and efforts to bring financial assistance to farmers, ranchers and producers who felt the impact of COVID-19 market disruptions. The new initiative—USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers—will reach a broader set of producers than in previous COVID-19 aid programs. USDA is dedicating at least $6 billion toward the new programs. The Department will also develop rules for new programs that will put a greater emphasis on outreach...

USDA announces additional coronavirus assistance for Ag producers Courtesy of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Posted at 2:03 PM, Apr 14, 2021 and last updated 2021-04-14 15:03:58-04 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is set to begin offering more assistance to ag producers and organizations recovering from financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commission made the announcement on Wednesday, April 14. More than $330 million in funding was announced as part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative launch...

More than $330 million available to specialty crop and cotton industries in newest installment of pandemic relief. In the agency’s ongoing efforts to address aid shortfalls in previous COVID relief provided to agricultural producers, USDA announced the availability of more than $330 million to help agricultural producers and organizations in the food supply chain recover from the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding announced is part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative launched in March, and includes $169.9 million for the Specialty Crop Block G...

It’s a fast policy start for dairy in 2021 Policymaking in Washington, D.C., often occurs at a snail’s pace. This holds especially true early in the year when new staff are being hired, alliances are being formed, and lawmakers are testing the political winds. This year is proving to be an exception, with significant implications for dairy. The momentum was already under way last December when Congress enacted a major coronavirus relief package that included key National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) priorities, such as the Dairy Donation Program that USDA is in the process of developi...

A new year like no other begins Even as the dairy community heralded the completion of work last month on another package of COVID-19 relief legislation, we already knew that 2021 would begin under unprecedented conditions. That’s because our nation continues to weather the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Even with a vaccine in distribution and hopes for a return to something resembling normal conditions later in the year, difficult work remains. But even as recently as two weeks ago, we could not have fully imagined the environment in which this year’s policymaking landscape would b...