$7.6M in CARES Act money distributed to Miss. farmers By Jacob Gallant | December 22, 2020 at 4:05 PM CST - Updated December 22 at 5:07 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - More than $7 million was paid out to Mississippi agriculture providers as part of the CARES Act.
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced the total Tuesday, with $7,697,012 provided by the Mississippi Agriculture Stabilization Act (MASA), which falls under the CARES Act, dealing with relief from coronavirus-related monetary losses.
“I am proud to announce that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce has been able to directly distribute over $7.6 million to our agriculture producers across the state who have struggled during the pandemic this year,” Gipson said.