The FSA began taking applications May 26. In the first four weeks of the application period, the top states for CFAP dairy payments were:
1. Wisconsin: $202 million – 3,804 applicants
2. California: $108.4 million – 673 applicants
3. New York: $101 million – 1,843 applicants
4. Pennsylvania: $$49.8 million – 1,525 applicants
5. Minnesota: $46.5 million – 1,349 applicants
6. Michigan: $45.1 million – 618 applicants
7. Idaho: $39.5 million – 244 applicants
8. Washington: $28.5 million – 215 applicants
9. Iowa: $26.9 million – 604 applicants
10. Ohio: $25.4 million – 590 applicants
11. Texas: $23.1 million – 183 applicants
Find the complete list here.
Overall, the USDA FSA had approved about $4 billion in payments to more than 252,489 agricultural producers who applied for assistance through the CFAP as of June 22.
In addition to dairy, payments totaled $1.98 billion to livestock producers, $1.04 billion to producers of non-specialty crops and $84.3 million to producers of specialty crops.
Applications will be accepted through Aug. 28, 2020, with application numbers and program payments announced each Monday on the CFAP website. https://www.farmers.gov/cfap