Economic Impact Of Coronavirus Outweighs Federal Help, Says AFBF

By Chuck Abbott

Successful Farming

Congress allotted $23.5 billion for agriculture in the coronavirus relief package, but “that amount of money will not sustain” the farm sector, said the president of the largest U.S. farm group. The sector will need “a whole lot more [money] than was in the CARES Act,” said Zippy Duvall of the American Farm Bureau Federation.