Payments from the expanded Coronavirus Food Assistance Program continue to be distributed.
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, tells Brownfield about $4.5 billion is being used to carry out the mandated $20 per-acre flat rate for eligible row crop producers.
“As you know, this pandemic has placed an incredible financial burden on our farmers. And we depend on them and need to have their backs.”
Following review by the Biden administration, the Consolidated Appropriations Act also included additional CFAP assistance of over $1 billion for cattle producers.
