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USDA Now Accepting Applications for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

May 29, 2020 Richard Fordyce, Farm Service Agency Administrator

You can now apply for USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, which provides direct payments to farmers and ranchers to offset impacts from the coronavirus pandemic. Applications will be accepted through August 28, 2020.

Coronavirus Farming

Another Look at Availability and Prices of Food Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 28, 2020 Robert Johansson, USDA Chief Economist

Last month I discussed the impact of COVID-19 on availability and prices of food based on data and information we had available at the time. Since then, USDA released its first assessment of U.S. and world crop supply and demand prospects and U.S. prices for 2020/21, and more data on market prices...

Coronavirus Research and Science