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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Still Waiting for CFAP Details

As of late-Monday, USDA had still not sent the rule for implementing the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.

USDA has been under intense pressure to change what it initially said would be in the program, with much attention focused on the pay caps of $125,000 per crop and a total limit of $250,000 per person or entity.

Scores of lawmakers have written USDA, pressing them on several details, but the most unified criticism of what USDA said would be in the plan is on the pay cap.

USDA has been aiming to start signup soon so that funds can be sent to farmers yet this month.