Farms Getting Extra Pay
STIMULUS CHECKS EN ROUTE TO DAIRIES IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
Posted: December 23, 2009 at 4:28 a.m.
Local dairy farm families will get an extra paycheck from Uncle Sam just in time for Christmas. The one-time federal stimulus checks are expected to hit local mailboxes Christmas Eve, but farmers say they won’t be shopping with the money. At least 35 dairies in Benton and Washington counties should qualify for a piece of the $290 million stimulus pie, made possible by the 2010 Agricultural Appropriations Bill signed into law in October.
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