Posted on 05/16/2019 2:35:01 AM PDT by blueplum
WASHINGTON (AP) — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Wednesday his agency is still "in the throes of constructing" an aid package for farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs, but he is not prepared to say when it will be ready.
Perdue said the Agriculture Department is reviewing feedback from producers about the strengths and weaknesses of last year's relief package, valued at up to $12 billion. This year's package could range between $15 billion and $20 billion, Perdue projected.
He also predicted that the relief amount will be enough to offset losses that farmers are facing as a result of lower prices due in part to retaliatory tariffs.
President Donald Trump tasked Perdue with putting together another aid package for farmers after talks with China deteriorated...
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related:
Trump administration has paid farmers $8.52 billion in aid to offset trade war
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3749524/posts
h/t MAGA_Patriot
Is this the chicken people or the university?(average Dim voter needs to know)
Neither. Former Georgia governor.
And further, his nephew is the former CEO of retailer Dollar General, who is now one of our U.S. Senators.
ha! let the Dems think it’s the university
If the ChiComs need to import so much food, it won’t be long before they are begging to come back to the table.
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related:
Trump administration has paid farmers $8.52 billion in aid to offset trade war
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3749524/posts
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So, 2x+ dipping into the taxpayer trough. What a country, where slavery is abolished...but there’s an income tax, where exists Rule of Law...except for certain Citizens, Land of the Free...long as you don’t count welfare & unless you want to determine where your kids go to school, what h’care you want, if you want a job, (re)build (on) your property...
That is above the FARM BILL paying them NOT to grow certain crops every year. It’s all a $$ racket now, supposedly to stabilize prices, as most ‘farms’ are big corps. Not the Family farms that use to exist.
China will be raising Pork prices due to this Swine Fever which has killed off at least a Third of their herds. If you are a Pork lover I’d be stocking up prior to the price increases if you can. Cause that bacon and sausage is going to get more expensive than it now Artificially is. Yes we Pay our live stock producers NOT to produce to keep the prices high.
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