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![]() Dec. 16, 2024 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. Tweet |
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