Payments under USDA's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) now stand at $10.62 billion as of November 22 with 668,067 applications approved so far.
Acreage-based payments comprise the largest share of disbursements at $5.23 billion, followed by livestock ($2.86 billion), sales commodities ($1.47 billion), dairy ($1.02 billion) and eggs/broilers ($30.9 million). Payments for corn ($2.89 billion), cattle ($2.32 billion), sales commodities ($1.4 billion), soybeans ($1.1 billion) and milk ($1 billion), are at $1 billion or more, followed by wheat ($580.6 million), hogs/pigs ($474.3 million) and upland cotton ($241.1 million).
At the state level, Iowa has seen the largest payment total at $994.1 million, with Nebraska at $723.4 million, Minnesota at $691.5 million, Illinois at $672.1 million, California at $669.3 million, Kansas at $553.3 million, Texas at $515.8 million, South Dakota at $482.5 million, Wisconsin at $456.2 million and North Dakota rounding out the top 10 at $393.9 million.
Signup for the program continues through December 11. Payments under CFAP 1 stand at $10.46 billion as USDA looks to close out that effort.