USDA to allocate nearly $2 billion in coronavirus aid to contract growers

Contract growers of hogs, poultry and eggs are eligible for an estimated $1.98 billion in coronavirus aid, announced the USDA. The payments, along with a “top up” of aid to hog farmers, are the first to flow from the $13 billion earmarked for agricultural assistance in the pandemic relief bill enacted last month. Signup opens… » Read More

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