Fsa Cattle Stimulus Package
The recently passed covid 19 stimulus package provides 13 billion approximately 1 4 of the 900 billion package in financial assistance to help livestock poultry dairy non specialty and specialty crop producers continue to recover from covid 19 disruptions.
Fsa cattle stimulus package. Covid 19 usda farm stimulus packages community alliance with family farmers covid 19 usda farm stimulus packages april 20 2020 on friday the white house announced that it will direct 19 billion in funds to aid farmers and ranchers during the coronavirus crisis. Washington d c september 18 2020 president donald j. After months of negotiations congress approved dec.
Signup for the coronavirus food assistance program cfap 2 will begin september 21st and run through december 11. This features 16 billion in direct financial support for agriculture producers significantly impacted by covid 19. The stimulus package also includes other provisions for financial assistance including continued unemployment benefits another round of stimulus checks this time worth at most 600 an eviction.
Don jenkins capital press file livestock producers will. Department of agriculture recently announced the coronavirus food assistance program cfap a new federal relief program funded through the cares act stimulus package. Congress is working on an aid package that would help cattle dairy pork and specialty crop producers.
The 900 billion covid 19 stimulus package includes up to 13 billion in funding that directly benefits agriculture including nearly 11 2 billion to the u s. Cows graze in southeast washington. Secretary of agriculture sonny perdue today announced up to an additional 14 billion dollars for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of covid 19.
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