USDA Modernizes the Thrifty Food Plan, Updates SNAP Benefits
WASHINGTON, August 16, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released a re-evaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan, used to calculate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. As a result, the average SNAP benefit – excluding additional funds provided as part of pandemic relief – will increase for Fiscal Year 2022 beginning on October 1, 2021.
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Sustained US imports point to new trans-Pacific volume floor
[caption][/caption] Year-over-year growth in US imports from Asia slowed in July from the previous month, but the 13th consecutive month of annual growth in volume is yet another sign that a new baseline has been established in the eastbound trans-Pacific.[caption caption="Click to enlarge." align="right"][/caption]Imports from Asia rose 7.9 percent year over year and 8.7 percent from the same month in pre-pandemic 2019 in July, the last month...