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USDA ANNOUNCES $2 BILLION FOR SPECIALTY CROP PRODUCERS, DETAILS
Source: State of Vermont

Calling ALL specialty crop producers! The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced a new $2 billion Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops program this week, aimed at helping specialty crop producers expand markets and manage higher costs.

This one-time direct payment, available to any active producer of an eligible specialty crop, will be be calculated based on estimated producer sales for 2025. To apply, businesses must file a Form FSA-1140 "Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) Program" to any FSA county office by January 8, 2025.

Eligible commercial specialty crops include:

•Fruits (fresh, dried);

•Vegetables (including dry edible beans and peas, mushrooms, and vegetable seed); 

•Tree nuts; 

•Nursery crops, Christmas trees, and floriculture; 

•Culinary and medicinal herbs and spices; and 

•Honey, hops, maple sap, tea, turfgrass and grass seed.   

Contact your local FSA service center with questions here.

To learn more click here.


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