Tillis, Warnock Introduce Bill to Support Specialty Crop Farmers
August 02, 2023
August 02, 2023
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release:
Senators Thom Tillis and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) recently introduced the Protecting America's Orchardists and Nursery Tree Growers Act, which would reform the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) by lowering the mortality threshold, and allowing farmers to use TAP funding to replant alternative breeds of trees or bushes. TAP currently does not allow growers to replace destroyed bushes . . .
Senators Thom Tillis and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) recently introduced the Protecting America's Orchardists and Nursery Tree Growers Act, which would reform the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) by lowering the mortality threshold, and allowing farmers to use TAP funding to replant alternative breeds of trees or bushes. TAP currently does not allow growers to replace destroyed bushes . . .