{"id":215364,"date":"2020-12-22T08:21:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T14:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=215364"},"modified":"2020-12-22T08:21:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T14:21:31","slug":"nd-farmers-union-statement-on-passage-of-relief-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=215364","title":{"rendered":"ND Farmers Union statement on passage of relief bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (NDFU)\u00a0 The North Dakota Farmers Union, in a statement says,Yesterday evening\u2019s congressional passage of $900 billion in COVID-19 relief aid includes $13 billion for American farmers and ranchers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-33006\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Farmers-Union1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Farmers-Union1-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Farmers-Union1-259x175.jpg 259w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Farmers-Union1.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne, says, \u201cWe pushed hard for additional support for farmers and ranchers impacted by market disruptions and we\u2019re glad that funding was included in the bill. This support will put farmers on better footing heading into the 2021 crop year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The assistance will be distributed as a supplement to Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) payments. Approximately $11.2 billion will be in the form of direct payments and other support to producers and processors. Row crop farmers can expect to receive $20 an acre, and cattle producers will receive a top-up payment to cover gaps in CFAP 1 and CFAP 2.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Watne said the package contains $28 million for farm stress programs administered by state departments of agriculture; a 15% increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and additional funding for food banks and hunger programs; and authorization for the secretary of agriculture to provide direct support to biofuel plants.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watne adds, \u201cWe are glad to see Congress finally granting authority to support biofuel producers, many of whom are struggling to stay in operation.\u00a0 Their livelihood directly impacts the bottom line of farmers everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (NDFU)\u00a0 The North Dakota Farmers Union, in a statement says,Yesterday evening\u2019s congressional passage of $900 billion in COVID-19 relief aid includes $13 billion for American farmers and ranchers. &nbsp; North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne, says, \u201cWe pushed hard for additional support for farmers and ranchers impacted by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=215364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215365,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215364\/revisions\/215365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=215364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=215364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=215364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}