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On the recordJanuary 31, 2024
According to the February 2024 farm income forecast, government payments such as the conservation payments near a margin curve, which are the farm bill commodity payments and the supplemental disaster relief are forecast to fall $10.2 billion in 2024, which is a decrease of 15.9 percent from 2023.
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Sanford Bishop
Democratic · Georgia

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Bishop highlights a significant decrease in government payments to farmers for 2024.

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