A bill to double support for two USDA export promotion programs has been introduced in the U.S. Senate.
Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith tells Brownfield the Cultivating Revitalization by Expanding American Agricultural Trade and Exports Act (CREAATE Act) would increase annual funding for the Market Access Program to $400 million and bolster the Foreign Market Development Program by more than $34 million.
“The funding for these has really been stagnant for nearly 15 years even though the value of these programs is really great.
CREAATE Act would double USDA export promotion funding
