iStock Getty Images Contract growers now eligible and updated payment calculations added to coronavirus ad hoc assistance program for farmers.
In one of many final actions heading out the door on Friday, the Trump administration’s USDA made significant clarifications to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program in hopes of widening the assistance available to agricultural producers. USDA will provide additional assistance through CFAP, expanding eligibility for some agricultural producers and commodities as well as updating payments to accurately compensate some producers who already applied for the program.
Some of these changes are being made to align with the recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 while others are discretionary changes being made in response to ongoing evaluation of CFAP.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food A
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Farmers and ranchers can contact Farm Service Agency offices beginning on Jan. 19, 2021, to apply or to update a previous application for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Programs.