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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program will take several actions to assist farmers, ranchers, and consumers in response to the COVID-19 national emergency.
The program will provide $16 billion in direct support to farmers and ranchers based on actual losses where prices and market supply chains have been impacted and will assist producers with additional adjustment and marketing costs resulting from lost demand and short-term oversupply for the 2020 marketing year caused by COVID-19.
USDA will partner with regional and local distributors, whose workforce has been significantly impacted by the closure of many restaurants, hotels, and other food service entities, to purchase $3 billion in fresh produce, dairy, and meat. Specifically, $100 million per month of meat products will be purchased. The distributors and wholesalers will then provide food banks and other non-profits with these products.
April 17, 2020/ USDA/ United States.
https://www.usda.gov/
