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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

CFAP 2 Payouts Climb To $13.5 Billion

Payments under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) have reached $13.50 billion as of April 25, up from $13.45 billion the prior week.

Acreage-based payments now total $6.23 billion, livestock payments are at $3.43 billion, sales commodities total $2.57 billion, dairy is at $1.21 billion, and eggs/broilers payouts are at $57.29 million.

CFAP 1 payments are now at $10.56 billion, up from $10.55 billion the prior week.

As for the CFAP Additional Assistance program, no payout information has yet been made available from USDA even as the Farm Service Agency said that actions under CFAP include processing of CFAP AA payments. "USDA will finalize routine decisions and minor formula adjustments on applications and begin processing payments for certain applications filed for this program," according to FSA.