Posts By: Cory Lunde

USDA Issues Second Tranche of Market Facilitation Program

USDA announced today the second allocation of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments to farmers who have been impacted by the trade wars. The payments will begin the week before Thanksgiving. Producers of MFP-eligible commodities will now be eligible to receive 25% of the total payment expected, in addition to the 50% they have already ...

Western Growers Statement on Committee Passage of Farm Workforce Modernization Act

IRVINE, Calif. (November 20, 2019) – In response to passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act by voice vote in the House Judiciary Committee, with a recorded vote to take place tomorrow morning, Western Growers President & CEO Tom Nassif issued the following statement: “Western Growers applauds today’s passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act in ...