Colorado Sen. Byron Pelton, R-Sterling, said a number of sugar beet growers — as well as other commodity producers who face the same issues — have reached out unable to meet their loan deadlines.

U.S. states this week warned food aid recipients that their benefits may not be distributed in November if the federal government shutdown stretches into its fourth week.

The state Department of Human Services says federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP — has been frozen. Without that money, Colorado can’t issue about a hundred twenty million dollars in food stamps for next month.

Soybean futures were modestly higher overnight; the USDA is expected to release over $3 billion in farm aid.

The Trump administration is moving forward with distributing commodity program payments due to farmers this month.