Broadcast Newsline: May 8, 2020

The Small Business Administration, or SBA, took additional steps this week to provide relief options to U.S. agriculture.

Today’s Cotton Newsline is 4 cuts. All cuts are Reece Langley, Vice President of Washington Operations for the National Cotton Council.

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The Small Business Administration, or SBA, took additional steps this week to provide relief options to U.S. agriculture. One of those steps included reopening the application process for the Economic Injury and Disaster Loan and grant program. We caught up with Reece Langley, Vice President of Washington Operations for the National Cotton Council, to explain how the program is intended to work for agricultural producers.

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The program also includes a small forgivable grant program that can provide up to $10,000 per applicant, once the application is submitted.

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Shifting our focus to the Department of Agriculture’s relief efforts,

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This week we also saw Congress return to some activity on the Hill.

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