Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 10/14/20


In just three weeks, the USDA sent $4.52 billion to farmers and ranchers through its new coronavirus relief program, data released on Tuesday show. More than $4 of every $10 disbursed by the so-called CFAP2 went to corn and soybean growers concentrated in the Midwest. The top five states for payments, all in the Midwest, received a total of $1.76 billion. They were Iowa, $448.5 million; Illinois, $352.4 million; Minnesota, $333.8 million; Nebraska, $347.2 million; and Wisconsin, $277.4 million.

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