USDA deciding how to divide up stimulus funds - Entrepreneur Generations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is still trying to decide how to divide up the more than $23 billion in agriculture aid received in the $2 trillion stimulus package. Lobbyists from several ag sectors have already sent in suggestions, including a plan for the dairy industry. And senators from corn states are asking for aid for ethanol producers, Ryan McCrimmon reports for Politico's Morning Agriculture.

Meanwhile, the Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment called on Congress to make sure that family farmers receive their fair share of economic relief funding, instead of just large agribusinesses, Chuck Abbott reports for Successful Farming.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue promised on Monday that the new aid will be distributed equitably, in response to Democrats' complaints that trade bailout funds disproportionately funded the South and wealthy farmers, McCrimmon reports.


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