Moran: Don’t 'distort' planting decisions with new trade aid

A recently announced additional trade mitigation package for farmers should not “distort planting decisions” and should include “investments in international food aid programs,” Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) said on Monday. “When determining the design of the trade programs, I urge you to include investments in international food aid programs, make certain payments to farmers do not distort planting decisions, and focus export promotion programs on new markets immediately available to producers,” Moran said in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny...