Cumberland County is launching a new Agricultural Business Assistance Program with a public Go Live Session designed to introduce the program, explain eligibility and application requirements and provide real-time assistance to farmers and agricultural producers.
Funded through American Rescue Plan (ARP) Freed-Up Capacity, the Agricultural Business Assistance Program provides up to $50,000 in financial assistance to eligible, for-profit agricultural businesses that have experienced economic hardship due to weather-related disaster events, rising input costs or declining commodity prices.
Eligible applicants may request reimbursement for payroll expenses associated with employing low- to moderate-income individuals. Eligible payroll costs include wages, employee benefits and applicable payroll taxes. For the purposes of this program, low- to moderate-income positions are defined as full-time equivalent positions with annual compensation of $44,250 or less…