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USDA approves $1.2 Billion to Food Box Program

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English - May 13, 2020 02:00 - 7 minutes - 4.85 MB - ★★★★ - 6 ratings
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WASHINGTON--The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the approval of $1.2 billion in contracts for the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. Chad Smith has more.

The USDA's just issued a report, with drastic reductions downward in both corn and soybean price estimates. As Rod Bain reports from Washington:

Last week we reported about labor problems in the nations meat packing plants, now management is looking into robots:

Supermarkets across the nation are limiting packages of beef shoppers can buy, shortages have surfaced everywhere…but ranchers say on their end, there’s more than enough beef: