A one-trillion-dollar coronavirus relief bill could be released by Senate Republicans today and would potentially include $20-Billion for agriculture.
Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota told Agri-Pulse the direct appropriation to USDA would compensate livestock and poultry producers and ethanol plants – as well as pay for more direct payment to farmers. That money would be on top of the $14 Billion in new borrowing authority through the Commodity Credit Corporation that the USDA could use to keep sending stimulus checks to producers.
