Specialty Crop Group Calls For Financial Assistance

Earlier this week, the co-chairs of the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance urged President Trump to ensure specialty crops be included in emergency financial aid packages. The Alliance said fruit, vegetable, tree nut, and landscape plant growers across the country are facing an immediate and mounting economic crisis.

The group’s letter to the President highlighted the need for targeted assistance and cited the successful implementation of economic relief measures during his first administration as a possible framework for future support.

In its letter, the group said:

" During this challenging time of crisis for farmers in rural America, we are optimistic that Congress and your Administration will provide necessary relief to producers, including those who grow specialty crops.”

“Although our growers are experiencing similar economic challenges to those confronting row crops, American specialty crops are different. During your first Administration, you created a program that addressed those differences and made economic relief from USDA finally workable for the family farms that produce our nation’s specialty crops…"

"...to ensure that we continue to have a safe and abundant supply of the fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and landscape plants grown here in the United States, we ask that you provide emergency economic assistance uniquely tailored to the needs of specialty crop growers at the earliest opportunity."

Click Here to read the entire letter sent to President Trump.

The SCFBA is co-chaired by: