What is Senator Cardin doing to help Marylands farmers?
The Farm Bill contains important provisions concerning farms, nutrition assistance, land conservation, and rural economic development – including over $400 million that I fought for which will aid conservation efforts in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. As crop yields and prices are subject to natural volatility and fluctuation, many farmers face financial risk during times of economic recession or when crop yields have been poor. The direct and counter-cyclical payment programs, which were both re-authorized this year in the Farm Bill, and passed into public law, are central components of the support for our farmers. Farmers are provided with a steady and reliable source of supplemental income that ratchets up as commodity prices drop.
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