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USDA Announces Direct Assistance Program to Farmers

Posted by Karen Ray
May 21, 2020

Attention EBID Members,

Elephant Butte Irrigation District is passing along information that may be helpful to farmers. On May 19, the USDA announced, “U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to deliver relief to America’s farmers and ranchers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.”

Please click on the following link for further information:

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