In a House Agriculture Subcommittee hearing on disaster aid, USDA Undersecretary Bill Northey addressed the Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program Plus and the Market Facilitation Program. “In addition to WHIP+ are payments for milk loss and stored grain losses. Also, all producers with flooding or excess moisture related prevent plant claims in 2019 will receive a payment of 10 to 15 percent of their indemnity.” Northey said the Market Facilitation Program sign-up is also going well. “As of the beginning of this week, we have more than 346,000 applications and $4 billion has been paid to producers.”
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