U.S. to supply $25 million in wheat to Jordan

USDA reached an agreement with the Jordanian government this weekend to supply it with 100,000 metric tons of wheat.    The U.S. Department of Agriculture this weekend reached an agreement with the Jordanian government to supply the Middle East country with 100,000 metric tons of wheat, valued at $25 million.
   Provided through the USDA’s Food for Progress program, the Jordanian government will use the proceeds from the sale of the wheat to implement projects aimed at improving productivity and encouraging economic growth, USDA said.
   “Jordan is one of our most effective, capable and steadfast partners not only in the Middle East, but around the world,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement. “USDA’s food assistance will be used to relieve some of the economic burden that Jordan is facing as a result of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians who’ve been displaced because of the Syrian civil war.”