USDA Launches First Stage of Trade Mitigation Purchases

Over the last 10 days, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has been making pre-solicitation announcements for trade mitigation purchases. So far, AMS has made announcements for the following products: frozen corn, dry peas, rice, dairy, peanuts, potatoes, dry lentils, canned dark red kidney beans, dry navy beans, beef, pork, walnuts, strawberries, plums (dried and fresh), pistachios, pecans, fresh pears, fresh oranges, orange juice, fresh lemons, hazelnuts, grapefruit, grapes (dried and fresh), figs, cranberries, apples and frozen blueberries. Announcements began on Sept. 4 and will continue. Solicitation specifications , the solicitation period and delivery timeframe are different for each product and available in the individual announcements, which can be viewed here.