The USDA won't provide tariff relief payments to farmers who take insurance money instead of planting crops this year, but there are other ways the federal government could funnel relief to farmers

The USDA will use money from a continuing resolution to pay for February food assistance.

Montpelier has received a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to purchase a police vehicle and related equipment.

The items were sold in Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Most of the money - more than $3.6 billion - will go to soybean farmers. Last year, China bought nearly a third of all soybeans grown in the U.S.

The Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service says the products, distributed by Indianapolis-based Caito Foods may be contaminated with cyclospora.

The funding focuses on improving facilities in rural communities, and Loogootee is the first city to use it for a library.

Soybean prices fell earlier this month to their lowest point since 2009. In the last 60 days, some Hoosier farmers have lost $200,000 in crop value with the drop market prices.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says the short-term assistance shows the president has the farmers' backs. GOP critics call it a bailout.

A company that processes SNAP transactions at farmers markets across the U.S. will shut down at the end of the month.