Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Deadline Extended

Dan March 11, 2021 General

qla — Flooded peanut field in Pee Dee region of South Carolina
Image Credit: Clemson

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) extended the deadline for agricultural producers to apply for the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) program to April 9. As Tyron Spearman reports, this program assists the producers whose eligible crops suffered quality losses to qualifying natural disasters in 2018 and 2019.

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