USDA and the U.S. Agency for International Development will buy $1 billion of U.S.-grown commodities to provide emergency food assistance to people in need worldwide. This is a follow-up to last October’s statement about combatting global hunger. Commodities will include wheat, rice, sorghum, lentils, chickpeas, dry peas, vegetable oil, cornmeal and dry beans. U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers issued a joint statement praising the federal government for new funding to purchase wheat and other commodities for international food aid.
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