Uncertainty Lingers Over Federal Assistance

Questions remain about the new federal assistance. “They announced the numbers, but they didn’t announce what percentage we’re going to get of that,” said Austen Germolus, who farms at Ada, Minnesota. “It’s kinda up in the air right now. I think with ECAP (Emergency Commodity Assistance Program), we got 85 percent, and with the SDRPs (Supplemental Disaster Relief Program), we got 35 percent, so time will tell how much we’ll actually get.” The 35 percent payment factor was applied to all stage 1 SDRP payments. Germolus is vice president of the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers.