PBNW awarded over $1.5 million in additional ATP funding PORTLAND, Ore. – August 13, 2019 – Pear Bureau Northwest (PBNW) has been awarded $1,540,830 in the second round of the Agricultural Trade Program (ATP) funding – part of the U.S. government’s larger trade mitigation relief package. Between the two allocations, the organization has received a total of $2.1 million in funding to be used for promotional activities to offset the impacts that the Northwest pear industry has faced due to recent retaliatory tariffs in China. With the funding, PBNW will be targeting top export markets for the next two seasons.…
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