A spending bill passed by Congress late last year provides $220 million to eight states, including all of New England, for weather-related farm damage sustained over the last two years. A survey will help to determine just how much Massachusetts will see.
Massachusetts agriculture officials are asking farmers to complete a survey this week on weather-related damage sustained over the last two years. That's in order to tap newly available federal assistance.
Winton Pitcoff is the deputy commissioner with the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources. He said the money will cover more than just crop losses sustained by farmers. He said other expenses would also be covered, giving the example of a dairy farmer who lost the ability to grow hay for their cattle and had to purchase it. Pitcoff said that too could be covered under the federal funding.
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