The debt relief initiative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide assistance for many socially disadvantaged farmers in California. Assistant Secretary for Administration at USDA, Osker Gonzales talked to AgNet West about some of the details of the program. The initiative is expected to provide assistance to hundreds of California farmers. Gonzales said the debt relief program is especially important for California, as agriculture is a main pillar of the states economy.
USDA currently estimates that approximately 14,000 borrowers across the country meet the socially disadvantaged definition, Gonzales explained. Here in California, the number I was looking at earlier in terms of individual borrowers who might b…
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