Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman John Hoeven, R-N.D., said the House should support farmers and ranchers, and ensure Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments are not delayed.
In a letter Tuesday, Hoeven led Republican members of the Senate Appropriations Committee in pressing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D., Calif., and House Appropriations Committee Chair Nita Lowey, D., N.Y., to support the nation’s farmers and ranchers and ensure that Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments for producers are not blocked or delayed in the House of Representatives’ continuing resolution (CR).
The Senate GOP group urged the House to reimburse the CCC, which is routinely supported by Congress, to ensure producers have access to much-needed agriculture assistance.
“Our nation’s farmers and ranchers badly need the MFP committed to them by the President, using the legal authority that we in Congress provided. For many of our producers, MFP will be the difference between continuing the family tradition or being denied the credit necessary to farm and ranch for another year,” the letter said.
DTN reported late Wednesday that House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said he had received assurances the Commodity Credit Corp. funds will be in the continuing resolution.
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