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  • July 2022 Issue
  • Story by Jonelle Mejica

    • USDA announces disaster relief funds available for 2020 and 2021 losses

    On May 16, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the availability of approximately $6 billion in disaster assistance for commodity and specialty crop growers who suffered crop losses due to natural disasters in 2020 and 2021. The funds are available through the USDA Farm Service Agency’s new Emergency Relief Program. According to a news release from the California Association of Winegrape Growers, industry experts estimate wildfires and widespread smoke damage in 2020 resulted in $601 million in crop losses for California’s wine grape growers. As a result of those losses, more than $200 million in federal crop insurance indemnity payments […]

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    Jonelle Mejica
    Jonelle Mejica joined the Good Fruit Grower staff in 2018 as a writer and copy editor for online and print stories, and she also manages the magazine's English and Spanish websites. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and has been working in Washington's agriculture industry since 1995. Connect with the author: Phone: (509) 853-3512 -- Email
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