ISSUE 1091
U.S.
Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner promised growers additional
assistance for hurricane damage Monday while touring devastated greenhouses and
other operations. Accompanied by Congressmen
Adam Putnam, R-Bartow, and Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Miami, as well as Florida Agriculture
Commissioner Charles Bronson and industry representatives including FFVA, he told
growers that USDA would do “everything it can” to help. The
group toured operations in South and Southwest Florida and heard from producers
at a Q&A session following both tours. USDA has allocated $250 million so far for Florida farms that were damaged. It has also asked for additional funds from those earmarked for Hurricane Katrina relief. And earlier this month, Sen. Martinez and Rep. Diaz-Balart introduced legislation that would provide $2 billion in disaster assistance for those producers who suffered damage from any of this season’s storms.
ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP (Members-Only articles are indicated in bold.) AG
OFFICIALS, LEGISLATORS TOUR STORM-DAMAGED OPERATIONS JOHANNS ANNOUNCES NEW RMA ADMINISTRATOR WAL-MART HELPS FLORIDA FARMERS AFTER HURRICANE BY PROMOTING LOCALLY-GROWN PRODUCE FDACS, RETAILER TO PROMOTE FLORIDA PRODUCTS IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN FARMWORKER ADVOCACY GROUP TARGETING MCDONALD’S PBH FOUNDATION URGES KIDS TO “GO WILD” IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR PRODUCTION MANAGER WRITE
THAT LETTER TO THE EDITOR - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM FFVA
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