Massachusetts agriculture officials are asking farmers to complete a survey this week on weather-related damage sustained over the last two years. That’s in order to tap newly available federal assistance.
A spending bill passed by Congress late last year provides $220 million to eight states including all of New England. And the survey will help to determine just how much Massachusetts will see.
Winton Pitcoff is the deputy commissioner with the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources. He said the money will cover more than just crop losses sustained by farmers…