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PARTICIPATION IN NEW TRADE PROGRAM URGED
 
SACRAMENTO - California's agricultural sector is being urged to participate in a new federal trade assistance program aimed at producer groups that cvan prove that they have been negatively impacted by imports.
 
According to the California Department of Agriculture, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington is now accepting applications for its Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers program.

The program offers up to $90 million annually in technical assistance and adjustment payments to agricultural, livestock and aqua-cultural producers, including qualified fishermen, if they can demonstrate that increased imports of competitive commodities have contributed to a 20% or more price decline.

Producer groups are defined as three or more producers of like commodities who are not members of the same lineal family.

For more information, producers are urged to contact a county or state USDA Farm Service Agency office, or the Foreign Agricultural Service, Trade Adjustment Assistance Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1021, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C. 20250-1021. (202) 720-2916. e-mail: [email protected].
 
Information can also be accessed on the Internet, at www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa/resource.htm.  

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