USDA Takes A Look At What Mitigation Package Will Look Like

The USDA said a trade mitigation package or what the agency called a farming support package, will be forthcoming shortly.

“One of our criteria is not to influence planting decisions,” said USDA undersecretary Bill Northy.  “So whatever we end up doing we want that to not influence decisions, so I would remind farmers; plant for the market, don't plant for a package that's yet to be decided what it is.

Or a package that may or may not look like what's described in possibly inaccurate media stories.  What other requirements will the must the aid package have?

“We do not want to do anything that would hurt potential commercial sales,” said the USDA’s Ted McKinny.

McKinny added no mitigation package is going to fully make up the effect of trade disputes, but, "we're going to at least give our farmers and ranchers a backstop.”

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