A bipartisan roster of lawmakers is asking for $51 million in emergency funding for fruit and vegetable incentive programs in the next coronavirus aid package
The department is also providing more money to seven currently eligible commodities — apples, blueberries, garlic, potatoes, raspberries, tangerines and taro — for sales losses, and determined that peaches and rhubarb no longer qualify for payment under the sales loss category. USDA is also changing the payment rates for several commodities, from apples to kiwifruit and taro.USDA expects additional eligible commodities to be announced in the coming weeks.
“Trump’s go-it-alone trade war and empty ‘phase one’ deal with China has been an unmitigated disaster, inflicting maximum pain on American workers and farmers, while doing nothing to curb Beijing’s trade abuses,” the campaign document said.Covid-19 cases are on the rise, protests to address racial injustice and police reform are ongoing, and a pivotal election is just a few short months away.
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