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Farm Bureau Asks Lawmakers to Send Help to Rural America

Mike Tomko

Director, Communications

photo credit: Alabama Farmers Federation, Used with Permission

The American Farm Bureau Federation is asking Congress to send aid to farmers in the next COVID-19 relief package. Farmers and ranchers across the country are facing devastating losses because of the pandemic.

Progressive Farmer reports the decline in commodity values alone for 2019, 2020 and 2021 add up to nearly $60 billion.