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USDA funding freeze alarms producers with active EQIP and infrastructure contracts
Summary
Producers and members said USDA pauses on some program payments have put farmers and small food hubs at financial risk after they fronted costs for obligated projects and contracts under EQIP and other programs.
Several witnesses and members raised immediate concerns about a recent pause in disbursements on some USDA programs, including contracts under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and other conservation or grant programs, and described producers who already incurred costs and are now unsure when or whether they will be reimbursed.
Representative Carolyn Bourdeaux and others cited news reporting that USDA had paused…
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