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Originally Posted by BrianL99
The United States Government has appropriated a little over $42 BILLION dollars for farmers this year.
Conservation and Safety-Net Programs:
The USDA announced the distribution of over $2.14 billion to agricultural producers and landowners through programs like the Conservation Reserve Program, Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and Price Loss Coverage (PLC).
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP):
The USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) allocated up to $10 billion in direct payments to eligible agricultural producers for the 2024 crop year through ECAP.
Economic Assistance:
Congress passed a stop-gap funding bill that included $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers, aiming to mitigate the impact of lower commodity prices and high production costs
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Disaster Assistance:
Congress also allocated $20 billion in farm aid for natural disasters, with the USDA releasing more details on this aid, including funding for livestock losses due to events like drought and flood.
Distressed Farm Loan Assistance:
The USDA also provided final assistance of approximately $300 million to distressed direct and guaranteed farm loan borrowers under the Inflation Reduction Act.
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So like our Four Generation Three family farms, you have personal experience, on inter workings of farming?
Or just get information from the internet, that may look good on the net, but doesn’t equate to actual experience of farming and financial background.
What assistance may or may not benefit farms. If farms were able to obtain everything you found on the net.. TV and multiple developments would have never been built, because the cattle, watermelon, and dairy farmers would have never sold profitable land.