Restaurants and food assistance providers may need more help in 2021.

The state government will allocate money to companies looking to expand meat processing.

Tina Smith said family-owned farms in Minnesota were left out of the first COVID-19 relief bill.

The additional coronavirus aid included $484 billion and provides $310 billion more in funding for the Paycheck Protection Program.

The CARES Act includes $9.5 billion of USDA assistance to farmers and ranchers in response to COVID-19.