Signal to Noise: CFAP Starts Flowing Again

In this week’s DC Signal to Noise Podcast, Jim Wiesemeyer and John Herath offer details on what is in the latest coronavirus aid announcement and what is still left to be resolved.

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USDA announced this week that Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) payments would start flowing again in April. In this week’s DC Signal to Noise Podcast, Jim Wiesemeyer of Pro Farmer and Farm Journal’s John Herath provide details on the payments and the CFAP decisions still left to be made by USDA.

Other topics covered this week include:

  • USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack’s focus on equity of payments
  • Dueling H-2A guest worker bill in Congress
  • Wednesday’s Prospective Planting Report
  • Is the USDA carbon picture more clear or murkier after this week?
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