It took a second round, but $50 million of the Wisconsin Farm Support Program funding has been distributed to farmers across the state.
About four out of every $10 earned in the agriculture industry in the U.S. in 2020 will come in the form of direct payments from the federal g…
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The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Aug. 27 announced the recipients of funding through the Food Security I…
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Applications for a new round of COVID-19 relief payments targeted at more farmers open next week.
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Many Wisconsin farmers should soon be getting a check for $3,500 in the mail while others have an opportunity to apply for a new round of COVI…
More than 14,000 of farmers sought aid through the $50 million Wisconsin Farm Support Program.
Thousands of farmers sought aid in the first few days after the application period opened for the $50 million Wisconsin Farm Support Program.
With another $1.8 billion yet to be distributed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of the Coronavirus Farm Assistance Program’s Far…
Farmers could be eligible for one-time direct payments of between $1,000 and $3,500 as part of the Wisconsin Farm Support Program Gov. Tony Ev…
The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States exposed some potential issues with the food supply chain.
With more than 90,000 Americans dead, over 36 million suddenly jobless and the economy reeling, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been f…
Wisconsin farmers will soon be getting a little relief from the upheaval of the past several months.
Wisconsin farmers are part of the reason there continues to be safe food available during the coronavirus pandemic. Because of the industry’s …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer direct payments to farmers and buy and distribute agricultural products in an attempt to aid far…
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