Hoeven: $150 Million in Assistance Available for Sugar Producers

Hoeven: $150 Million in Assistance Available for Sugar Producers

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of $150 million of assistance for sugar producers. Hoeven worked with the Trump administration to make this assistance available, similar to the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program that began in December. USDA will work with sugar processors to deliver assistance to farmer-members.

"This $150 million in assistance builds upon the Farmer Bridge Assistance program, helping to support our sugar producers during times of market disruption and increased production costs," said Hoeven. "While there is more work to be done to help our sugar beet farmers through these challenging times, we appreciate USDA for working with us to make this assistance available, and we look forward to the administration finalizing its efforts with sugar beet cooperatives to get this help out to producers."

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