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USDA to purchase consumer-ready rice for food assistance programs
The USDA has announced it will purchase up to $50 million in domestically produced rice for distribution through food assistance programs.
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has approved the purchase through the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act.
The consume-ready rice will be distributed through the nation’s food banks and food assistance programs.
Deliveries are expected to begin in November.
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