3-19 FB Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack launched USDA's Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to help American agricultural producers adjust to the current, challenging economic environment.
Vilsack said this is an attempt to help rural America recover from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Program will create new opportunities for producers hurt by import competition and eligible producers will receive much-needed technical assistance and cash benefits to help them adjust to the current economic environment. The Idaho Farm Service Agency’s Executive Director Dick Rush explained a bit of how this works: “As I understand how the way the procedure is a commodity group will petition the Secretary of Agriculture that because of unfair foreign competition our prices are below a certain level and we are requesting some assistance under this program.”
