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Here is a look at the legislation’s provisions. COVID aid to farmers. The bill provides farmers what is essentially a third round of payments under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. Row crop farmers will receive new payments worth $20 an acre. Eligible crops include those that qualified for CFAP-2 on either the price-trigger or flat-rate basis. Cattle producers will receive supplemental payments under a separate formula. USDA has paid farmers more than $23 billion through the first tw...

Congress, White House reach deal on COVID aid package The package authorizes $13 billion in agriculture aid, including $5 billion for supplemental payments worth $20 an acre to all row crop producers. Another $3 billion is set aside for payments to cattle producers, contract livestock and poultry growers, dairy farms, and producers who were forced to euthanize livestock or poultry due to disruptions in processing plants.  Written By: Philip Brasher and Ben Nuelle / Agri-Pulse Com...