Not all classes of wheat qualified for the first round of Coronavirus Food Assistance Program payments. The National Association of Wheat Growers CEO Chandler Goule says the association is working to change this. “We’ve encouraged the USDA to look at a broader window of the Chicago board wheat price and we’ve encouraged the USDA to look at local and cash prices. Very rarely are those above the futures price,” says Goule. “We’ve explained this would provide a more accurate view of how much economic harm the U.S. wheat grower has suffered through in this pandemic.” There will be a COVID-19 package introduced in the U.S. Senate this week. “Depending on what the Senate Republicans put together and send over to the House will determine the parameters of CFAP 2.0. We’ve already met with North Dakota Senator John Hoeven and House Agriculture Committee Chair Collin Peterson to discuss the importance of having all wheat included. They seemed supportive.”
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