The director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture says the USDA’s recently announced Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program heavily favors southern crops over Midwestern producers. Jerry Costello tells Brownfield, “You’ve got payments that are three times as much going to crops like rice than what either soy or corn is being paid out.”  He says, […]

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