Bright Ag Ideas

April 14, 2008, President Bush directed the Secretary of Agriculture to draw down on the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust to meet emergency food aid needs abroad. With this action, an estimated $200 million in emergency food aid will be made available through the U.S. Agency for International Development. This additional food aid will address the impact of rising commodity prices on U.S. emergency food aid programs, and be used to meet unanticipated food aid needs in Africa and elsewhere.

Read the White House’s statement  here:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080414-4.html

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