Fresh Produce Discussion Blog

Created by The Packer's National Editor Tom Karst

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Looking for mandatory money

Can Sen. Tom Harkin deliver on his promise to provide $1 billion in funding over five years for expansion of the fruit and vegetable program? So far, I haven't seen any language in the Senate Agriculture Committee's section by section analysis of the farm bill markup that indicated the program has secured mandatory funding. If the program merely has budget authorization and not mandatory funds allocated, that would be a setback for industry aspirations for this farm bill. The House-passed farm bill had $70 million in mandatory annual funding for the fruit and vegetable program.

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