With the window rapidly closing for Congress to pass a farm bill this year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Oct. 24 that USDA is providing $2.3 billion to maintain trade promotion and international food aid.
The funding is coming out of the Commodity Credit Corporation, at the request of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Mr. Vilsack told reporters.
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