ECAP assistance expected to start next week

The USDA is expected to roll out the first round of Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) funds starting next week. Brooke Appleton, USDA’s deputy under secretary for farm production and conservation, says the funding was allocated in the Continuing Resolution passed by Congress last December.  “The funding is there to help agriculture producers mitigate the impact […]

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