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August 27, 2020
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Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue confirmed Wednesday that USDA will be offering a second round of Coronavirus Food Assistance Program aid, with more details expected after Labor Day.
USDA is accepting applications for CFAP Round 1 through Sept. 11, 2020. The original application deadline was Aug. 28, 2020.
Eligible commodities include: Specialty and non-specialty crops, wool, livestock, dairy, nursery crops and cut flowers, aquaculture and eggs.
As of Aug. 24, more than $9.2 billion has been paid to 557,592 producers, with Iowa producers receiving the most aid. In total, 48,255 applications have been approved from Iowa producers and payments totaling more than $921 million have been paid.
Rounding out the top six in payment amounts:
Nebraska, $663 million;
Minnesota, $573 million;
Texas, $544 million;
California, $515 million, and
Wisconsin, $503 million.
Cattle producers have received the most payments at $3.992 billion. Other commodities in the top 10:
Milk, $1.699 billion;
Corn, $1.634 billion;
Hogs, $573 million;
Soybeans, $466 million;
Cotton-upland, $237 million;
Almonds, $86 million;
Potatoes-Russets-Fresh-RUS, $55 million;
Sheep, $38 million, and
Strawberries, $38 million.
The top states receiving aquanursery payments:
Louisiana, $9 million;
Alabama, $776,458;
Missouri, $381,689;
Florida, $301, 561;
Mississippi, $294,380, and
Oregon, $231,729.
The top states for dairy payments:
Wisconsin, $333 million;
California, $251 million;
New York, $161 million;
Minnesota, $105 million, and
Pennsylvania, $101 million.
The top states for livestock payments:
Iowa, $454 million;
Texas, $407 million;
Nebraska, $397 million;
South Dakota, $319 million;
Oklahoma, $317 million;
Kansas, $314 million;
Missouri, $246 million, and
Minnesota, $238 million.
The top states for non-specialty payments:
Iowa, $415 million;
Illinois, $293 million;
Nebraska, $255 million;
Minnesota, $228 million, and
Indiana, $134 million.
The top states for specialty payments:
California, $167 million;
Florida, $75 million, and
Idaho, $51 million.
Visit farmers.gov/coronavirus to learn more about USDA assistance for farmers and ranchers.
Source: USDA, which is solely responsible for the information provided and is wholly owned by the source. Informa Business Media and all its subsidiaries are not responsible for any of the content contained in this information asset.
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