USDA announces significant enhancements to disaster assistance and commodity loan programs

The USDA is expanding disaster assistance coverage to help producers recover from losses.   Undersecretary Richard Fordyce says improvements have been made across the board, including the removal of the pay limit for several programs. “Previously, there were payment limitations,” he says.  “And so if you lost a number of cattle, especially in today’s cattle values, you probably were not going to be indemnified near the value of your […]

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