USDA to begin issuing Pandemic Assistance– USDA has announced plans to issue more than $223 million in Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program payments. This money is to help farmers and ranchers who suffered a drop in gross revenues due to COVID-19 in 2020. The application process wrapped up in mid-July.
There were more than 38,500 applications, triggering payments of nearly $7 billion. That is far ab…