For Immediate Release From Farmers.Gov!
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
Information on direct relief to producers who have suffered losses due to COVID‑19. New commodities were announced on July 9 and August 11.
Are you a farmer or rancher whose operation has been directly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic? The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program provides direct relief to producers who faced price declines and additional marketing costs due to COVID-19.
USDA’s Farm Service Agency is accepting CFAP applications now through September 11, 2020.
Apply for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program:
USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue announced on August 11 that the deadline to apply for CFAP has been extended to September 11. The original application deadline was August 28, 2020.
https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-serv... USDA’s Farm Service Agency offers multiple ways for you to apply for CFAP to meet your business needs. Those include:
Producers self-certify when applying for CFAP, and documentation is not submitted with the application. You may be asked for additional documentation to support your certification of eligible commodities, so you should retain the documentation used to complete your application. Information on additional documents is provided at farmers.gov/cfap/apply.
Assistance with Applying
While most USDA Service Centers are open for business by phone appointment only, FSA is working with producers by phone and using email and online tools to process CFAP applications. Please call the FSA office at your local USDA Service Center to schedule an appointment if you’d like assistance or have questions. You can find contact information for your local USDA Service Center at the bottom of the page, and check the status of your local USDA Service Center at farmers.gov/coronavirus/service-center-status.
A CFAP Call Center is available for producers who would like additional one-on-one support with the CFAP application process. Please call 877-508-8364 to speak directly with a USDA employee ready to offer assistance. The CFAP Call Center can provide service to non-English speaking customers. Customers will select 1 for English and 2 to speak with a Spanish speaking employee. For other languages, customers select 1 and indicate their language to the Call Center staff.
Commodity Eligibility for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program provides vital financial assistance to producers of agricultural commodities who have suffered a five-percent-or-greater price decline or who had losses due to market supply chain disruptions due to COVID-19 and face additional significant marketing costs.
Eligible commodities for CFAP include:
Manually Complete Application
Producers who are interested in filling out the CFAP application manually can download the application form, AD-3114, to fill out and return to the FSA office at their local USDA Service Center. If you need more space, you should use the AD-3114A continuation form.
Instructions for form AD-3114 and AD-3114 continuation are available for producers to reference when filling out both forms.
Fill Application with Payment Calculator: Our CFAP Application Generator and Payment Calculator is an Excel workbook that allows you to input information specific to your operation to determine estimated payments and populate the application form, which you can then print, sign, and submit to the FSA office at your local USDA Service Center. USDA will update this Payment Calculator the week of August 17 to include nearly 60 recently added commodities that are now eligible for CFAP.
https://www.farmers.gov/cfap
Posted By: agnes levine
Friday, August 14th 2020 at 2:12PM
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