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Articles tagged under: Market Facilitation Program

NDFU Urges Administration to Make MFP Payment

Published December 17, 2018

In a special order of business, the North Dakota Farmers Union called on the Trump Administration to immediately issue the second trade relief payment. In a statement, NDFU President Mark Watne said it is great to see trade resuming with…
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Market Facilitation Program Payments Wait-and-See Continues

Published December 14, 2018

Farmers are in a wait-and-see on the second round of Market Facilitation Program payments. The payments were supposed to be announced by early December. North Dakota Senator John Hoeven chairs the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee. He says there’s work being…
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MFP Payments “Still Appropriate”

Published December 7, 2018

The USDA Under Secretary for marketing and regulatory programs, Greg Ibach, says the second round of Market Facilitation Program payments are still appropriate. No formal announcement on the payments has been made as of Friday.
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No Response from USDA on Canola MFP Request

Published December 5, 2018

During the Canola Expo, Northern Canola Growers Association Executive Director Barry Coleman updated farmers on the requests to include canola in the USDA Market Facilitation Program. Canola growers received no response from the USDA. Coleman said "some USDA folks acknowledged…
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Harvest Challenges are a MFP Program Concern

Published November 21, 2018

The National Corn Growers Association is seeking a new payment formula for the next round of Market Facilitation Program payments. "A National Corn Growers Association study done by the University of Illinois showed a 44 cent per bushel loss to corn…
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Challenging Basis Discussions Ahead of More Trade Aid

Published November 21, 2018

The second round of Market Facilitation Program payments will likely look similar to the initial current payments, according to North Dakota Senator John Hoeven.
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MFP Payments Total Over $800 Million

Published November 19, 2018

So far USDA’s Market Facilitation Program has paid out over $837 million to farmers. Top aid recipients include soybean, wheat, corn dairy and hog producers, according to Reuters. The five states receiving the highest amount of aid are Illinois, Iowa,…
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Waiting on More Details of Second MFP Payments

Published November 18, 2018

The second round of Market Facilitation Program payments are expected to become available at the beginning of December. In the first round of payments, corn growers received one cent per bushel on half of their production. North Dakota Corn Growers…
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MFP Program Could Help with Cash Flow

Published November 16, 2018

While farmers are waiting for positive trade news, Farmer Mac Director of Economic Research Jackson Takach says some plan to hold off on marketing commodities. However, USDA's Market Facilitation Program could be helpful in terms of cash flow. "The one…
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A Tough Compromise for U.S. Farmers and Ranchers

Published November 12, 2018

National Farmers Union Senior Vice President of Public Policy Rob Larew says farmers and ranchers support the Trump administration holding trading partners accountable (requiring them to play fair), but the impact of retaliatory tariffs is very real for U.S. farmers.…
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