The pace for direct payments to farmers as part of the second Coronavirus Food Assistance Program is starting to slow.
As of November 1st, the agency had approved nearly $8.8 billion, up slightly more than one billion dollars from last week and the lowest week over week increase since payments began.
Payments to corn growers remain at the top of the list at nearly $2.5 billion, followed by cattle with more than $1.9 billion, sales commodities moved up again for another week to more than $982 million, soybeans at nearly $947 million, and milk at more than $877 million.
