Are you a non-specialty crop producer 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.
[This page has been archived.] The application period for CFAP ended on September 11 for most producers. FSA accepted applications until October 9, 2020, for certain producers in Louisiana, Oregon, and Texas impacted by natural disasters.
USDA is implementing Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19. Visit farmers.gov/cfap to learn more.
The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, or CFAP, 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 market costs. The application period for CFAP ended on September 11 for most producers. FSA accepted applications until October 9, 2020, for certain producers in Louisiana, Oregon, and Texas impacted by natural disasters. Learn more at farmers.gov/cfap1.
Eligible Non-Specialty Commodities
CFAP payments are available for eligible producers of non-specialty crops who have suffered a five percent-or-greater price decline from mid-January to mid-April 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and who face increased marketing costs for inventories.
Non-specialty crops eligible for CFAP payments include barley, canola, corn, upland cotton, millet, oats, soybeans, sorghum, sunflowers, durum wheat, and hard red spring wheat.
Crops intended for grazing are not eligible.
Market Contracts and Non-Specialty Crops
The tables below outline CFAP eligibility for certain market contracts and only applies to non-specialty crops.
Eligible CFAP Marketing Contracts for Non-Specialty Crops
| Type of Contract in Existence on Jan. 15, 2020 |
Explanation | Basis Contract |
Producer locks in a basis leaving the future price to be set later. |
|---|---|
Basis Fixed Contract |
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No Price Established |
Producer delivers commodity without setting a sales price. |
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Delayed Price |
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Deferred Price Contract |
Ineligible CFAP Marketing Contracts for Non-Specialty Crops
| Type of Contract in Existence on Jan. 15, 2020 |
Explanation |
|---|---|
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Cash Contract |
Producer receives a cash price for a commodity when sold. |
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Fixed Price Contract |
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Forward Price Contract |
Producer receives a cash price for a commodity based on a future delivery. |
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Cash Forward Contract |
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Minimum Price Contract |
Producer locks in the cash price and buys a call option to establish a minimum price. The net cash price will never be less than the original cash value minus the cost of the call option. |
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Option Contract |
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Window Contract |
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Hedge to Arrive |
Producer locks in a futures price leaving the basis to be set later. |
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Futures Fixed Contract |
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Futures Contract |
CFAP Payments for Non-Specialty Crops
Producers will be paid based on inventory subject to price risk held as of January 15, 2020. A single payment will be made based on 50 percent of a producer’s 2019 total production or the 2019 inventory as of January 15, 2020, whichever is smaller, multiplied by 50 percent and then multiplied by the commodity’s applicable payment rates.
Producers must provide the following information for CFAP:
- Total 2019 production for the commodity that suffered a five percent-or-greater price decline, and
- Total 2019 production that was not sold as of January 15, 2020.
The table below lists eligible non-specialty commodities and payment rates for CFAP, based on the following formulation:
Payment per commodity = (Units x 50% x CARES rate) + (Units x 50% x CCC rate)
Units = Smaller of 1) 50 % of a producer’s 2019 total production OR
2) 2019 unpriced inventory as of Jan. 15, 2020.
|
Commodity |
Unit of Measure |
CARES Act Payment Rate (Applied against 50% of unpriced inventory as of January 15, 2020, not to exceed 50 percent of 2019 total production) |
CCC Payment Rate (Applied against 50% of unpriced inventory as of January 15, 2020, not to exceed 50 percent of 2019 total production) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barley1 | bushel | $0.34 | $0.37 |
| Canola | pound | $0.01 | $0.01 |
| Corn | bushel | $0.32 | $0.35 |
| Upland Cotton | pound | $0.09 | $0.10 |
| Millet | bushel | $0.31 | $0.34 |
| Oats | bushel | $0.15 | $0.17 |
| Sorghum | bushel | $0.30 | $0.32 |
| Soybeans | bushel | $0.45 | $0.50 |
| Sunflowers | pound | $0.02 | $0.02 |
| Wheat, Durum | bushel | $0.19 | $0.20 |
| Wheat, Hard Red Spring | bushel | $0.18 | $0.20 |
1Expanded eligibility to include all barley instead of malting barley only per notice scheduled to publish in Federal Register September 21, 2020.
Additional information for non-specialty crop producers is available in our fact sheet, Coronavirus Food Assistance Program for Non-Specialty Crop Producers. This fact sheet is also available in Spanish and Puerto Rican Spanish.
Watch our CFAP for Dairy and Non-Specialty Crop Producers Webinar or CFAP for Livestock and Non-Specialty Crop Producers Webinar to learn more about the program.
Additional CFAP Information
Farm Service Agency staff at local USDA Service Centers will work with producers to file CFAP applications.
Visit farmers.gov/cfap1 for additional information on the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, other eligible commodities, CFAP eligibility, payment limitations and structure, and how to apply.
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