USDA provides payments of nearly $800 million in assistance to help keep farmers farming

Immediate help for over 13,000 distressed USDA farm loan borrowers; begins process to provide up to $500 million more for up to 23,000 additional borrowers

Special to The Sun

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that distressed borrowers with qualifying USDA farm loans have already received nearly $800 million in assistance, as part of the $3.1 billion in assista…