Welch Meets with Farmers and Rural Business Owners at Roots Farm Market to Discuss 'WEATHER Act'
January 26, 2024
January 26, 2024
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release:
MIDDLESEX, VT - Today, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, visited the Roots Farm Market in Middlesex to discuss the recently introduced Withstanding Extreme Agricultural Threats by Harvesting Economic Resilience (WEATHER) Act. The WEATHER Act would require USDA to develop an index-based insurance policy that reimburses farmers for crop and income losses after n . . .
MIDDLESEX, VT - Today, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, visited the Roots Farm Market in Middlesex to discuss the recently introduced Withstanding Extreme Agricultural Threats by Harvesting Economic Resilience (WEATHER) Act. The WEATHER Act would require USDA to develop an index-based insurance policy that reimburses farmers for crop and income losses after n . . .