Friday is Market Facilitation Program signup deadline

From USDA Farm Service Agency Montana

The end of this week is the deadline for signup for the 2019 Market Facilitation Program.

Signup runs through Friday.

USDA recently announced the second tranche of MFP payments. Producers of MFP-eligible commodities will now be eligible to receive 25 percent of the total payment expected, in addition to the 50 percent they have already received.

Most Montana counties have an MFP non-specialty payment rate of $15 per acre, and participants in counties with a $15 rate received their full payment in the first tranche. Montana counties with rates over $15 will...