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USDA plans additional $14B for farmers reeling from virus

by Associated Press
| September 19, 2020 12:03 AM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government said Friday that it will give farmers an additional $14 billion to compensate them for the difficulties they have experienced selling their crops, milk and meat because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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