Market Facilitation Program

The Coalition to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports says farmers and rural businesses need continued investment in the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development Program. Those programs, the coalition noted, are necessary to make up for the lost export opportunities brought on by COVID-19 and fight foreign competition ...

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall says it’s almost time for a new round of Market Facilitation payments. Duvall said slow implementation of new trade deals, complicated by the COVID-19 crisis, warrants a third round of Market Facilitation payments. ...

Despite volatile and uncertain markets, interest appears to be growing in farmland purchases. Farmers National Company reports a small increase in land buying interest from individual investors. The company specializes in farm management, real estate sales and auctions ...

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue recently visted Capitol Hill where he thanked members of the House Agriculture Committee for helping farmers during a very difficult 2019. "Spring flooding in the Midwest , continuation of cold wet conditions and then  as you well know experienced and early blizzard," Perdue noted. ...

Texas A & M University published its analysis of the Trump administration’s trade aid program. The study’s authors say, “There’s no denying that the trade aid package, especially the Market Facilitation Program, has had a significant impact on farm income in the U.S.” Across all of t ...

The Government Accountability Office is looking into President Trump’s $28 billion Market Facilitation Program.  The GAO is investigating allegations that the money was mismanaged and distributed unfairly.   The investigation came at the request of Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow, who says she thinks the aid program was biased.  She argues th...

The USDA is officially launching the third and final traunch of 2019 Market Facilitation Program payments.  As President Trump recently pointed out, the payments are aimed at helping farmers who are suffering damage from trade losses.   “To defend our farmers I authorized $28 billion,” President Trump mentioned at the AFBF annual convention in Austin, TX   So, what can farmers expect?   “We create

Earlier this week, the USDA announced a third and final 2019 Market Facilitation Program payment.  USDA said the funds will help farmers and producers negatively impacted by the trade war with China.  The National Farmers Union has urged USDA to address what they see as the program’s inequities, as well as establish a more permanent mechanism to ensure financial viability for family farmers.   “Th

With talks progressing between the U.S. and China, many producers are wondering if another round of Market Facilitation Program payments will take place.   “Question has to do with the third traunch of the MFP payments this year,” Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said.  “And I am expe...

On Wednesday, the USDA extended sign-up deadlines for the Dairy Margin Coverage program to December 20th USDA officials cited the prolonged and extensive impacts of weather events this year for moving the deadline beyond its original date of Friday, December 13th...