Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Farm Service Agency increases COVID 19 payments
The Farm Service Agency says additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) is expanding eligibility for some producers and commodities, as well as, updating payments to accurately compensate some producers who already applied for the program. According to James L. Giffin, County Executive Director for the Agency in Jefferson/ Sevier/ Cocke, producers who are now eligible and those who need to modify existing applications, due to these updates, can contact the local office through February 26th. Contract producers of broilers, swine, laying hens, chicken eggs, and turkeys, who suffered a drop in revenue in 2020 as compared to their 2019 revenue because of the pandemic, are now eligible for assistance. Producers could receive up to 80% of their revenue loss, subject to the availability of funds. Producers of pullets and turfgrass sod also now are eligible for payments. The commodities were not explicitly included in the initial CFAP 2 rules. Payments are based on eligible sales, and the payment calculation in the updated rule includes crop insurance indemnities, Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP), and Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program – Plus (WHIP+) payments. Similarly, FSA adjusted the payment calculation for specialty crops, aquaculture, tobacco, specialty livestock, nursery crops and floriculture, for CFAP2. Producers who applied during the sign-up period that closed December 11, 2020, can modify an existing CFAP 2 application through February 26.


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