Government shutdown could delay aid payments to farmers hurt by the Trump-China trade war
2018-12-25 11:26:57 source：CNBC
December 25, 2018
The U.S. government's payments to farmers as part of trade aid relief will temporarily stop next week if the federal shutdown continues, according to the Department of Agriculture.
The federal government went into its third day of a partial shutdown Monday during a congressional impasse over approving $5 billion in funding for Trump's proposed southern border wall. The stalemate impacts thousands of federal workers.
The so-called market facilitation program payments are part of a larger $12 billion emergency aid package the Trump administration announced in July to help farmers affected by retaliatory trade tariffs from China and others. The direct payments are designed to provide compensation to producers of soybeans, corn, cotton, almonds, dairy, hogs, sorghum and wheat.
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