New U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins received a standing ovation from thousands of farmers across the country Sunday as she made an appearance at the Commodity Classic in Denver on the Trade Show Main Stage.
Rollins brought a message from President Trump. “He wants all of you to know that he hears you. He knows that times have been tough over the last four years. He will not forget you and he will never stop fighting you, and neither will. As your newly confirmed Secretary of Agriculture just two weeks ago, I will be your greatest champion in Washington, second only to the President,” said Rollins.
The secretary announced an economic assistance program for farmers called the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program or ECAP. “At USDA, ECAP is the new program to help us distribute that $30 billion the Congress passed in December. They gave us 90 days to start distributing that first 10 billion in economic assistance and we are on track to beat that and get that money starting to move immediately in the next few weeks,” she said.
She also said that conservation program funds have been released and will now be distributed and that she will be working with President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to support the year round sale of E15 gasoline.
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