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 The initial CFAP 2 signup ended on December 11, 2020, but USDA
has reopened sign-up for CFAP 2 for at least 60 days beginning
April 5, 2021, for producers to apply or make modifications to
existing CFAP 2 applications.
CFAP 2 provides direct financial relief to producers due to
market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19.
CFAP 2 payments will be made for three categories of commodities
– Price Trigger Commodities, Flat-rate Crops and Sales
Commodities. Visit farmers.gov/cfap/commodities for a full list
of eligible commodities for each category.
Price Trigger Commodities
Price trigger commodities are major commodities that meet a
minimum 5-percent price decline over a specified period of time.
Eligible price trigger crops include barley, corn, sorghum,
soybeans, sunflowers, upland cotton, and all classes of wheat.
Payments will be based on 2020 planted acres of the crop,
excluding prevented planting and experimental acres.
For broilers and eggs, payments will be based on 75 percent of
the producers’ 2019 production.
Dairy (cow’s milk) payments will be based on actual milk
production from April 1 to August 31, 2020. The milk production
for September 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020, will be estimated
by FSA.
Eligible beef cattle, hogs and pigs, and lambs and sheep
payments will be based on the maximum owned inventory of
eligible livestock, excluding breeding stock, on a date selected
by the producer, between April 16, 2020, and August 31, 2020.
Flat-rate Crops
Crops that either do not meet the 5-percent price decline
trigger or do not have data available to calculate a price
change will have payments calculated based on eligible 2020
acres multiplied by $15 per acre. These crops include alfalfa,
extra long staple (ELS) cotton, oats, peanuts, rice, hemp,
millet, mustard, safflower, sesame, triticale, rapeseed, and
several others.
Sales Commodities
Sales commodities include specialty crops; aquaculture; nursery
crops and floriculture; other commodities not included in the
price trigger and flat-rate categories, turfgrass sod; pullets;
goat milk; mink (including pelts); mohair; wool; and other
livestock (excluding breeding stock), not included under the
price trigger category that were grown for food, fiber, fur, or
feathers. Payment calculations will use a sales-based approach,
where producers are paid based on five payment gradations
associated with their 2019 sales, and crop insurance
indemnities, Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP),
and Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+)
payments for crop year 2019.
Applying for CFAP 2
Visit farmers.gov/cfap for details on all eligible commodities,
producer eligibility, payment limitations and structure and
additional program resources.
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Producers have multiple options to apply for CFAP 2, including
through an online application portal and by working directly
with the FSA office. Customers seeking one-on-one support with
the CFAP 2 application process can call 877-508-8364 to speak
directly with a USDA employee ready to offer assistance.
Additional CFAP Payments for Beef and Row-Crop Producers
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, authorizes an
increase in CFAP 1 payment rates for cattle. Cattle producers
with approved CFAP 1 applications will automatically receive
these payments and do not need to submit a new application since
payments are based on previously approved CFAP 1 applications.
Producers may be asked for additional information depending on
how they filed the original application. Information on the
additional payment rates for cattle can be found on farmers.gov/cfap.
This act also authorized additional CFAP assistance of $20 per
acre for producers of eligible CFAP 2 flat-rate or price trigger
commodities. FSA will automatically issue payments to eligible
producers based on the eligible acres included on their CFAP 2
applications. Eligible producers do not need to submit a new
CFAP 2 application.
Additional CFAP Actions
FSA has also begun payment processing applications filed as part
of the CFAP Additional Assistance program in the following
categories:
Applications filed for pullets and turfgrass sod;
A formula correction for row-crop producer applications to allow
producers with a non-Actual Production History (APH) insurance
policy to use 100% of the 2019 Agriculture Risk Coverage-County
Option (ARC-CO) benchmark yield in the calculation; and
Sales commodity applications revised to include insurance
indemnities, Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
payments, and Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus
payments.
Additional payments for swine producers and contract growers
under CFAP Additional Assistance remain on hold and are likely
to require modifications to the regulation as part of the
broader evaluation and future assistance; however, FSA will
continue to accept applications from interested producers.
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