On Dec. 10, the U.S. Division of Agriculture opened a brand new $2 billion financial help program for specialty crop producers.
Generally known as Advertising Help for Specialty Crops, or MASC, this system goals to assist fruit and vegetable producers cowl excessive prices stemming from greater labor prices and the prices related to storage, advertising and marketing and packaging of perishable produce, in accordance with a information launch from the USDA Farm Service Company.
For extra data and to use, contact your native Farm Service Company workplace or go to the web site: bit.ly/usda-masc. Funds as much as $125,000 shall be primarily based on a share of gross sales in 2023 or 2024. The deadline to use is Jan. 8, 2025.
—by Kate Prengaman
