December 2, 2020
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The deadline to apply for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 and the Dairy Margin Coverage Program is Dec. 11. Here's a look at the numbers from the CFAP2 dashboard as of Nov. 30:
There are 703,849 approved applications and payments total $11.1 billion.
Corn growers top the list of payments, receiving more than $3 billion. Cattle producers are next at $2.4 billion and sales commodities are third at $1.5 billion.
Here's a look at payments by category
Iowa producers have received the most CFAP2 money at $1.227 billion with 50,084 approved applications. The state's livestock producers have received $332 million and the state's crop producers have received $670 million.
Other top states for payments are Nebraska, California, Minnesota and Illinois.
The top states for acreage-based payments are Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Kansas, North Dakota, Indiana and South Dakota.
The top states for dairy payments are Wisconsin, California, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Idaho.
The top states for livestock payments are Iowa, Texas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Kansas.
California is the top state for sales commodities by a large margin.
See how your state ranks in CFAP2 ag aid at farmers.gov.
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