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<b>Subject: </b>USDA Announces May 6 Listening Session on Impacts of COVID-19 on New Farmers</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:140%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today
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</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">The listening session will take place on May 6, 2021, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., ET. Registrants have the optional opportunity
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:140%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">“We invite beginning farmers and ranchers to share their experiences in navigating USDA’s resources for assistance after the pandemic,” said Gloria Montaño Greene,
USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:140%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">“We need to understand what worked well and where we can improve, while deepening our understanding of how farmers were affected by the pandemic and how they are modifying
their operations,” said Mae Wu, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:140%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Montaño Greene and Wu will be joined by Zach Ducheneaux, USDA’s Farm Service Agency Administrator, and Sarah Campbell, USDA’s National Beginning Farmer and Rancher
Coordinator.</span></p>
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and ranchers through Pandemic Assistance for Producers.</span></p>
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