USDA announces $19 billion relief program for farmers, food donation program

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'The program will include direct payments to farmers as well as mass purchases of dairy, meat and agricultural produce to get that food to the people in need,' Trump said.

President Donald Trump announced on Friday a $19 billion dollar coronavirus relief plan specifically for farmers and ranchers. Included in the plan are expected to be both direct payments to individuals and a program to purchase food from U.S. farmers and ranchers to be distributed throughout the U.S. through food banks.

"The program will include direct payments to farmers as well as mass purchases of dairy, meat and agricultural produce to get that food to the people in need," Trump said.U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a $19 billion coronavirus relief program for American food producers Friday.Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said the Coronavirus Food Assistance program would consist of two parts.

"One is a direct payment," Perdue said,"$16 billion dollars in direct payments to farmers, ranchers and producers who experienced unprecedented losses during this pandemic." Funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation amounting to $6.5 billion will be used to expedite the payments, combined with $19.5 billion in coronavirus relief funding. This will be done instead of waiting for funding of the CCC to reoccur in July.

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