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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.
The USADPLC and the Northern Pulse Growers Association (NPGA) have been working for the past year to be included in the coronavirus relief bills. The USADPLC has an office in Washington D.C. that is working every day to represent pulse farmers in the United States. Our industry will continue to push to be included in every coronavirus and economic stimulus bill being considered by C ....

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