20,000 Farmers Receive $50 Million Through 2021 Farm Support Program |
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Written by GOV Press Wisconsin |
Tuesday, 21 December 2021 10:49 |
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/wisc-dairy-farm-s5.jpg MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers Monday, with the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and the Department of Revenue (DOR), announced more than 20,000 Wisconsin farmers received a total of $50 million through the 2021 Farm Support Program. This is the third round of the Farm Support Program which provides direct aid payments to Wisconsin farmers who experienced economic losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. In total, the governor has directed $100 million to support Wisconsin farmers through this program.
The first two rounds of the Farm Support Program distributed more than $50 million to more than 15,000 farmers across the state in 2020. This most recent round of the Farm Support Program saw a 33 percent increase in applications. Direct support to farmers through three rounds of the Farm Support Program exceeded $1 million in more than half of Wisconsin's 72 counties. For example, through all three rounds of the program, Grant County farmers received more than $6 million in support, while support directed to farmers in Marathon and Dodge Counties exceeded $3.6 million, and, in several counties in southwestern, central, and western Wisconsin, support for farmers surpassed $2 million, among others. A breakdown by county for the first, second, and third rounds and combined totals for the Farm Support Program are available here. |
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