Most of the package is earmarked for row-crop producers. It aims to help farmers — especially those who grow soybeans — balance out losses from high costs and a trade war with China.

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The government shutdown is creating uncertainty about whether a federal food benefit program that helps support pregnant people and young children will run out of money.

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