Mass. agriculture commissioner urges federal government to release funds and rehire USDA staff

Mass. agriculture commissioner urges federal government to release funds and rehire USDA staff

WITH THE SPRING growing season rapidly approaching even earlier than it normally would, the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources sent a letter urging the federal government to release frozen funds for farmers and reinstate staff at the US Department of Agriculture. Farmers in Massachusetts are preparing for their growing season – which means deciding what crops to grow, how many greenhouses to build, and how muc…