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Perdue exploring ‘legal flexibilities’ regarding MFP eligibility
US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is urging farmers to
plant for the market and plant what works best on their farm, regardless of government
assistance programs. Perdue issued a statement referring to $16 billion in
Market Facilitation Program payments and another $3 billion in disaster aid.
The secretary says farmers should not wait for an announcement to make
production decisions. The USDA cannot make MFP payments to producers for unplanted
acreage, according to Secretary Perdue’s statement, however he says the agency
is exploring legal flexibilities to make minimal payments to farmers who were prevented
from planting and chose to plant MFP-eligible cover crops. That would include
cover crops with the potential to be harvested for forage.
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