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Jan. 12, 2023 by Jenna Hoffman and Jim Wiesemeyer, AgWeb.com USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has a history of making key announcements during visits, and that was the case during his appearance at the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual meeting in Puerto Rico. 1. ERP Phase 2 Vilsack announced Phase 2 of the ERP, which will provide help to producers for production and quality losses of eligible crops, utilizing calculations of a producer's decrease in gross revenue. Those were about to be released months ago but were pulled back at the last minute due to lawmaker and farmer complaints. USDA eventually announced anyway. 2. Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP) Vilsack announced PARP payments for producers that suffered a 15% or greater decrease in allowable gross revenue for the 2020 calendar year compared with either 2018 or 2019. This effort, Vilsack said, aims to "fill in gaps" for losses covered by either Phase 1 or Phase 2 of ERP. The payments will have a factor of 80% (90% for underserved farmers and ranchers) and will be reduced by 2020 ERP payments, and pandemic assistance under either the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) 1 or 2 and other pandemic aid. 3. U.S.-Made Fertilizer USDA will seek public comment on 21 potentially viable projects totaling up to $88 million to boost U.S. fertilizer production via the first round of USDA's Federal Production Expansion Program, a $500 million effort announced earlier this year. 4. Meat and Poultry Processing Vilsack announced three projects in Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota which will expand independent meat and poultry processing capacity via the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program. The projects total $12 million and are in addition to other recently announced efforts in the sector. To read the entire article click here. Tweet |
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