The USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program provides direct relief to certain farmers who have experienced price declines and additional marketing costs due to COVID-19.
The application deadline for this program is September 11, 2020.
Many crops are eligible for CFAP payments. For instance, in the ‘non-specialty crop’ category, malting barley, millet, oats, soybeans, sorghum and durum wheat are eligible among others.
As for livestock, pigs less than 120 pounds, hogs greater than 120 pounds and different cattle categories are eligible.
Dozens of specialty crops are eligible for the program as are dairy, wool and nursery crops and cut flowers.
For all the information please visit the CFAP website and thoroughly explore it.
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