Source:  FARM BUREAU, 10/8/20


USDA today provided the first peek into how payments are shaking out under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, or CFAP2. Late last month the administration announced details of the $14-billion-dollar program that will provide direct payments to farmers and ranchers to partially offset COVID-19-related losses. Sign-up for CFAP2 began on Sept. 21 and ends Dec. 11; producers can sign up through USDA’s Farm Service Agency county offices. CFAP2 payments will be broken into three categories: price trigger commodities, flat-rate commodities and sales commodities.

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