USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue continues to insist that USDA’s efforts to help farmers via the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) have been fair.
In a letter to Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Perdue also noted that USDA will work “swiftly” to develop aid efforts via the third COVID-19 stimulus package. “We will again seek to implement a national program in a fair and equitable manner,” Perdue said.
Stabenow has been openly critical of USDA’s MFP effort, arguing it has been regionally biased to southern growers.
In the letter, Perdue points out that Stabenow’s reference to payment-rate inequities by county between regions is not on the mark as two thirds of the payments have gone to Midwest farmers.
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