Payments under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) increased to $9.222 billion as of August 24, up from $9.02 billion the prior week.
Payouts for livestock remain the highest at $4.607 billion, with $2.425 billion for non-specialty crops, $1.699 billion for dairy and $479 million for specialty crops.
By commodity, USDA said that $3.992 billion has gone for cattle, $1.699 billion for dairy, $1.634 billion for corn, $573.8 million for hogs, $466.8 million for soybeans and $237.7 million for upland cotton. No other commodities have seen payments totaling $100 million or more.
Iowa still tops the list of states receiving CFAP money at $921 million, followed by Nebraska at $664 million, Minnesota at $573 million, Texas at $544 million and California at $515 million.
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