USDA has already made over $2.89 billion in CFAP payments

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has already processed more than $2.89 billion in payments to producers who have applied for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program as of June 15. FSA began taking applications May 26, and the agency has received around 275,000 applications for the relief program.

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