The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a second round of assistance for producers impacted by the pandemic on Friday, with more expansive eligibility. The $14 billion program now includes wine grape growers. The first wave of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program that Congress passed in April offered $12 billion in relief to producers who could demonstrate price declines during the spring of 2020. That requirement left out producers with fall harvests, such as wine grape growers, who continue to feel the impact of ongoing pandemic disruption to markets. A recently released report found that the pandemic is expected to cost […]