Tariff payments top $6.4 billion as deadline nears

The USDA has received nearly 805,000 applications and paid out $6.41 billion so far in tariff payments created to buffer the impact of the Sino-U.S. trade war, said the USDA on Monday. The payments are the largest element of a mitigation package that was announced as a maximum of $12 billion but could turn out smaller in the end. –Successful Farmer Read more…