USDA today is publishing a rule in the Federal Register that will make several small corrections to the final rule published May 21 for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP).
The changes include clarifying the definition of “Slaughter Cattle – fed cattle” to be animals with a weight of 1,200 pounds or more that are intended for slaughter, that payment calculations for livestock specify that they are based on unpriced livestock sales and specifies they apply to livestock inventory owned between April 16, and May 14, 2020.
The changes also “removes the definition of ‘unpriced inventory’ and adds a similar definition of ‘unpriced’ to be consistent with the use of the term throughout the regulation; the new definition also specifies that ‘unpriced’ is based on whether a forward contract, agreement, or similar binding document was in place as of January 15, 2020.”
The changes would also make dairy operations that dissolved on or after March 31 to be eligible for payments, with USDA noting the dairy change would not increase CFAP costs. There were also changes made for specialty crops.
Welcome
