In a roundtable discussion on Friday, USDA Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs Bill Beam told North Dakota farm groups the USDA is taking a deeper dive into the WHIP+ program. “I’d like to encourage producers to sign up for the program. At some point, we have to land that ship. It looks like we have a long way to go for potential producers and there’s more potential for farmers.” Beam says the quality loss adjustment piece of the program isn’t rolled out yet, because of its complexity and the effort to not burden offices with more work. “We’re getting closer and closer, but no one could have predicted COVID-19 and I don’t think there’s anyone who would disagree this put us in a tailspin.” Beam was clear that farmers shouldn’t expect the program to be rolled out by the end of August and the software still needs to be developed.
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