The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program: Applications for Direct Payments Open with Your Local FSA Office on May 26, 2020 - Cooperative Extension: Agriculture - University of Maine Cooperative Extension

By Gary Anderson, Animal and BioScience Specialist, University of Maine Cooperative Extension The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to producers as relief for impacts of the coronavirus pandemic; farms can apply for direct payments with the Farm Service Agency (FSA) starting May 26, 2020. That money