Payments under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) totaled $13.23 billion as of January 18, according to Farm Service Agency data, with 891,719 applications approved.
The total includes $6.2 billion in acreage-based payments, $3.42 billion for livestock, $2.36 billion for sales commodities, $1.2 billion for dairy and $56.1 million for eggs/broilers.
The total for CFAP 1 is put at $10.55 billion, including $5.05 billion for livestock, $2.66 billion for non-specialty crops, $1.8 billion for dairy, $930.1 million for specialty crops, and $119.7 million for aqua nursery flora.
The latest totals for the two programs do not appear to include any of the top-up payments to hog producers under CFAP 1 and producers were able to start amending their prior CFAP applications January 19 for additional assistance announced by USDA January 15.