Inside Trade

September 9, 2024

Georgia Democrats call for ‘crop loss payments’ for some specialty producers

By Jason Asenso  / August 7, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) on Monday introduced a bill that would provide “crop loss payments” to seasonal and perishable crop producers if foreign imports lead to lower market prices. The “ Protecting Our Produce Act ” would establish a five-year pilot program for specified crop producers to receive monetary support when “a crop’s national average market price (effective price) falls below its five-year average price (reference price), if the difference is caused by imports,” Ossoff’s...

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