{"id":208238,"date":"2020-09-18T11:43:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=208238"},"modified":"2020-09-18T11:44:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:44:10","slug":"farmers-union-applauds-2nd-round-of-farm-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=208238","title":{"rendered":"Farmers Union applauds 2nd round of farm aid"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Jamestown\u00a0 (NDFU)\u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 North Dakota Farmers Union applauded Friday\u2019s announcement by the United States Department of Agriculture that a second round of farm aid will provide $14 billion to producers who have experienced market disruptions caused by COVID-19. Sign up for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 2) begins Monday, Sept. 21.<\/p>\n

North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne, says, \u00a0\u201cThis is much needed funding to fill in the gaps the first CFAP program missed.\u00a0 It will cover more commodities, provide a minimum payment of $15 per acre for crop farmers, and offer additional support to livestock producers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watne said trade disputes, weather challenges, and the pandemic have created significant challenges for family farmers and ranchers. He praised Sen. John Hoeven for his leadership and action in securing the funding as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee.<\/p>\n

Watne add, \u201cThis funding will help farmers keep afloat, there\u2019s no question about it, but our growing reliance on ad hoc support is not a sustainable solution.\u00a0 In the long term, we need to restore competition in the marketplace, address chronic overproduction, and create a strong and stable farm safety net.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamestown\u00a0 (NDFU)\u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 North Dakota Farmers Union applauded Friday\u2019s announcement by the United States Department of Agriculture that a second round of farm aid will provide $14 billion to producers who have experienced market disruptions caused by COVID-19. Sign up for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 2) begins Monday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208239,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208238\/revisions\/208239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}