TUCKER, Ga. — USDA has announced that it will invest $1.3 billion from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) in a new export promotion and foreign market development program called the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP). The funds will help U.S. food and agricultural producers develop new markets and create trade opportunities around the globe.
The funds come at the request of Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.). They urged USDA to provide additional program funds in the absence of a new Farm Bill. Members of the U.S. Agricultural Export Development. . .