COVID-19 Farmers Update 04/20/2020
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Collapse ▲COVID-19 Farmers Update 04/20/2020
News Today:
- COVID-19 Cash Flow Management podcast from the Eastern NY Veg Growers.
- Please take the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Serivces Agritourism Economic Impact Survey by April 23 if your business falls under this category.
- $ 2.1 billion in direct aid for specialty crop growers from the CFAP program explained.
- ‘COVID-19 and its potential impacts on the agricultural economy’: Read the article.
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NEW: Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP)
On Friday, the USDA has announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This program has about $ 2.1b in direct assistance to specialty crop farmers in the USA, if you have experience loss due to COVID-19. Please read the Farm Bureau’s take on CFAP. We recommend highly that you monitor and record your losses on a weekly basis!
Daily COVID-19 Update as of 4/20/2020
- North Carolina (10:35 a.m. EST): 6,764 positive/ 179 deaths
- USA: (8:38 p.m. EST): 784,599 positive/ 42,138 deaths
- World (8:38 p.m. EST): 2,473,209 positive/ 170,042 deaths
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