USDA disaster funding comes at ‘critical’ time

The National Association of Wheat Growers is applauding USDA’s $6 billion of funding for disaster relief to farmers covering the 2020 and 2021 crop years.

NAWG CEO Chandler Goule tells Brownfield the funding is coming at a critical time.

“Especially after the severe droughts that we had last year and, of course, as we continue to deal with the current drought in our winter wheat areas right now; along with an extremely wet spring where our spring wheat is also being planted,” he said.

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