USDA has entered into an agreement with cooperative processors to provide 2018 and 2019 disaster assistance to sugar producers that are members of the cooperative, according to the Farm Service Agency (FSA).
American Crystal Sugar Company, Michigan Sugar Company, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, Snake River/Amalgamated Sugar Company, Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, Western Sugar Cooperative and Wyoming Sugar Company are the cooperatives with an approved USDA agreement.
However, USDA said that producers who deliver sugar to Sidney Sugars Incorporated are not members of a cooperative processors, but those with qualifying losses for 2018 and/or 2019 sugarbeet losses can apply for Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) benefits.
Members of an approved cooperative processor with sugarbeet losses must apply for 2018 and 2019 disaster benefits through their cooperative processors, FSA said.
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