Producers with an eAuthentication account can now apply for CFAP 2 via our CFAP 2 Application Portal. Step-by-step instructions are available in our CFAP 2 Application Portal User Guide. Applications are completed, electronically signed, and submitted directly to your local Service Center through this online system.

Note: Online applications cannot be created for corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, trusts, or estates via the CFAP 2 Application Portal. CFAP 2 applications for these business types should be initiated by contacting your local USDA Service Center or the call center at 877-508-8364. The CFAP 2 Application Portal can only be accessed by individuals with USDA eAuthentication access. Producers interested in creating an eAuthentication account should visit farmers.gov/sign-in to learn more.

Producers of commodities with flat-rate payments or price trigger crops with acreage reports will use acreage and yield information provided by FSA through the annual acreage reporting process. Producers have the option to complete their application by working directly with their local Farm Service Agency or online through the CFAP 2 Application Portal. Relevant commodities are detailed under the USDA Service Center Completes Application option.

Producers who are interested in filling out the CFAP 2 application manually can download the application form, AD-3117, to fill out and return to the FSA office at their local USDA Service Center. Instructions for form AD-3117 are available for producers to reference when filling out the form. Additional forms needed to complete your application may already be on file with your local USDA Service Center. You can find those forms and more information about applying for CFAP 2 at farmers.gov/cfap/apply.

Producers of commodities with flat-rate payments or price trigger crops with acreage reports will use acreage and yield information provided by FSA through the annual acreage reporting process. Producers have the option to complete their application by working directly with their local Farm Service Agency or online through the CFAP 2 Application Portal. Relevant commodities are detailed under the USDA Service Center Completes Application option.

Our CFAP 2 Application Generator and Payment Calculator is an Excel workbook that allows you to input information specific to your operation to determine estimated payments and populate the application form, which you can then print, sign, and submit to the FSA office at your local USDA Service Center.

Microsoft Excel is required to use this workbook. Please click the workbook link and select the option to save to your computer. Internet Explorer users, you may experience an error if you try to open the workbook online instead of saving. Once saved, you will need to open the file on your computer and enable editing and/or enable macros at the top of the Excel sheet to input information specific to your operation.

Producers of commodities with flat-rate payments or price trigger crops with acreage reports will use acreage and yield information provided by FSA through the annual acreage reporting process. Producers have the option to complete their application by working directly with their local Farm Service Agency or online through the CFAP 2 Application Portal. Relevant commodities are detailed under the USDA Service Center Completes Application option.

Producers of commodities with flat-rate payments or price trigger crops with acreage reports will use acreage and yield information provided by FSA through the annual acreage reporting process. Producers have the option to complete their application by working directly with their local Farm Service Agency or online through the CFAP 2 Application Portal. 

Crops eligible for CFAP 2 in the flat-rate payment category include: alfalfa, amaranth grain, buckwheat, canola, Extra Long Staple (ELS) cotton, crambe (colewort), einkorn, emmer, flax, guar, hemp, indigo, industrial rice, kenaf, khorasan, millet, mustard, oats, peanuts, quinoa, rapeseed, rice, sweet rice, wild rice, rye, safflower, sesame, speltz, sugar beets, sugarcane, teff, and triticale. Hay, except alfalfa, and crops with intended uses of grazing, green manure, or left standing, are not eligible.

Additionally, eligible price trigger crops include: barley, corn, upland cotton, sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers, and wheat (all classes.)

Visit farmers.gov/cfap/row-crops or farmers.gov/cfap/specialty to learn more, and call your local USDA Service Center to initiate your CFAP 2 application for these specific commodities.

Row crops eligible for CFAP 2 include: alfalfa, amaranth grain, barley, buckwheat, canola, corn, Extra Long Staple (ELS) cotton, upland cotton, crambe (colewort), einkorn, emmer, flax, guar, hemp, industrial rice, kenaf, khorasan, millet, mustard, oats, peanuts, quinoa, rapeseed, rice, sweet rice, wild rice, rye, safflower, sesame, sorghum, soybeans, speltz, sugar beets, sugarcane, sunflowers, teff, triticale, and all classes of wheat. 

Visit farmers.gov/cfap/row-crops for more information on CFAP 2 eligibility and payment details related to row crops. 

Wool is eligible for CFAP 2. 

Visit farmers.gov/cfap/wool for more information on CFAP 2 eligibility and payment details related to wool. 

Livestock eligible for CFAP 2 includes: beef cattle, hogs and pigs, and lambs and sheep. Breeding stock is not eligible.

Visit farmers.gov/cfap/livestock for more information on CFAP 2 eligibility and payment details related to livestock. 

Specialty livestock eligible for CFAP 2 consists of animals commercially raised for food, fur, fiber, or feathers, and includes: alpacas, bison, buffalo, beefalo, deer, ducks, elk, emus, geese, goats, guinea pigs, llamas, mink (including pelts), mohair, ostrich, pheasants, quail, rabbits, reindeer, turkey, water buffalo, and yak.

Visit farmers.gov/cfap/specialty-livestock for more information on CFAP 2 eligibility and payment details related to specialty livestock.

Cow milk and goat milk are both eligible for CFAP 2.

Visit farmers.gov/cfap/dairy for more information on CFAP 2 eligibility and payment details related to dairy. 

More than 230 fruit, vegetable, horticulture, and tree nut commodities are eligible for CFAP 2 along with honey, maple sap, and indigo.

Visit farmers.gov/cfap/specialty for a full list of eligible commodities and more information on CFAP 2 eligibility and payment details related to these commodities. 

Floriculture eligible for CFAP 2 includes cut flowers and cut greenery from annual and perennial flowering plants grown in a container or controlled environment for commercial sale. Nursery crops eligible for CFAP 2 include decorative or nondecorative plants grown in a container or controlled environment for commercial sale. 

Cactus and Christmas trees are also eligible for CFAP 2. 

Visit farmers.gov/cfap/nursery for more information on CFAP 2 eligibility and payment details related to floriculture and nursery crops, including cactus and Christmas trees.

Aquaculture eligible for CFAP 2 includes any species of aquatic organisms grown as food for human consumption, fish raised as feed for fish that are consumed by humans, and ornamental fish propagated and reared in an aquatic medium. Eligible aquacultural species must be raised by a commercial operator and in water in a controlled environment.

Visit farmers.gov/cfap/aquaculture for more information on CFAP 2 eligibility and payment details related to aquaculture. 

Broilers and eggs are eligible for CFAP 2. 

Commodities grown under a contract in which the grower has ownership and production risk are eligible for CFAP 2.

Visit farmers.gov/cfap/broilers-eggs for more information on CFAP 2 eligibility and payment details related to broilers and eggs. 

Tobacco is eligible for CFAP 2. Tobacco funding will come from the authority given by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Visit farmers.gov/cfap/tobacco for more information on CFAP 2 eligibility and payment details related to tobacco. 

Any individual or legal entity who shares in the risk of producing a commodity may apply for CFAP 2.

Producers must be in the business of farming at the time of submitting their application to be eligible. 

Commodities grown under a contract in which the grower has ownership and production risk are eligible for CFAP 2.

Producers can apply for assistance for only commercially produced commodities.

To be eligible for payments, a person or legal entity must have an average adjusted gross income of less than $900,000 for tax years 2016, 2017, and 2018. However, if 75 percent of their adjusted gross income comes from farming, ranching, or forestry-related activities, the AGI limit of $900,000 does not apply and the person or legal entity is eligible to receive CFAP 2 payments up to the applicable payment limitation.

Persons and legal entities also must:

• comply with the provisions of the “Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation” regulations, often called the conservation compliance provisions; and
• not have a controlled substance violation.

Additionally:

• if a person is not a US Citizen or Resident Alien (possessing an I-551 “Green Card”), then that person must provide a significant contribution of capital, land, and active personal labor to be eligible for CFAP 2.
• if a legal entity has more than 10 percent ownership held by persons who are not a US Citizen or Resident Alien, then that entity is eligible for payment only if each foreign person in the entity makes a significant contribution of labor to the farming operation. If the foreign person(s) does not make a significant contribution of active personal labor to the farming operation, the legal entity’s payment is reduced by the pro-rata ownership interest held by the foreign person(s).   

The total CFAP 2 payment that a person or legal entity may receive, directly or indirectly through attribution of payments, is $250,000. As this is a separate program, this payment limitation is separate from the CFAP 1 payment limit. This limitation applies to the total amount of CFAP 2 payments made with respect to all eligible commodities.

The total amount of CFAP 2 payments made to a legal entity – such as to a corporation, limited liability corporation, limited partnership, trust, or estate – is $250,000 except if:

• two different members of the legal entity each provide at least 400 hours of active personal labor, active personal management, or combination thereof with respect to the production of 2020 commodities, then an entity may receive up to $500,000. 
• three different members of the legal entity each provide at least 400 hours of active personal labor, active personal management, or combination thereof with respect to the production of 2020 commodities, then an entity may receive up to $750,000. 

Although the payment limitation is increased for the corporation, LLC, LP, trust, or estate, each members’ payment limitation (received directly or indirectly) remains subject to the $250,000 individual person payment limit. 

These payment limit provisions are different from and separate from the payment limitations established by the 2018 Farm Bill.  
 

Commodities not eligible for CFAP 2 include:

• Hay, except alfalfa, and crops intended for grazing are ineligible for CFAP 2.
• All equine, breeding stock, companion or comfort animals, pets, and animals raised for hunting or game purposes.
• Birdsfoot and trefoil, clover, cover crop, fallow, forage soybeans, forage sorghum, gardens (commercial and home), grass, kochia (prostrata), lespedeza, milkweed, mixed forage, pelts (excluding mink), perennial peanuts, pollinators, sunn hemp, vetch, and seed of ineligible crops.

CFAP 2 will provide producers with financial assistance that gives them the ability to absorb some of the increased marketing costs associated with the coronavirus pandemic. Funding for CFAP 2, except for tobacco, will be provided under the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter Act. CFAP 2 will provide up to $14 billion in direct support for agricultural producers of eligible commodities.  

Tobacco funding will come from the authority given by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, not to exceed $100 million. 

This dashboard tracks CFAP 2 payments and applications by state, and is current as of October 26, 2020. Weekly updates will be posted every Monday.

A few notes:

• Acreage-based includes row-crops that fall in the price-trigger or flat-rate payment categories. A list of these commodities can be found on farmers.gov/cfap/commodities.
• Dairy only includes cow’s milk.
• Eggs and Broilers include shell, dry, liquid and frozen eggs and broilers.
• Livestock includes beef cattle, hogs and pigs, lambs and sheep.
• Sales commodities include specialty crops, aquaculture, tobacco, specialty livestock, nursery crops and floriculture, and other commodities not included in the price trigger and flat-rate payment categories. A list of these commodities can be found on farmers.gov/cfap/commodities.

CFAP 1 data can be found at farmers.gov/cfap1/data.

Educational Webinar Recordings

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 Producer Webinar: USDA's Farm Service Agency introduces Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2. Learn about expanded eligibility for certain commodities, new payment categories including a sales-based approach to specialty crops and other specific commodities, and information on how to apply. This webinar was hosted on September 24 at 3:00 PM EDT.

Videos

USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2: Does COVID-19 continue to impact your agricultural operation? This two-minute video provides information on CFAP 2, which is a separate program from the first round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, now referred to as CFAP 1. USDA is accepting CFAP 2 applications through December 11, 2020.

Visit farmers.gov/cfap/faq for answers to common CFAP 2 questions. These FAQs were last updated on October 22, 2020.

Our Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 fact sheet provides up-to-date program information to support your application. This fact sheet is also available in Spanish and in Puerto Rican Spanish.

Visit farmers.gov/cfap/commodities for a list of all eligible and ineligible commodities for CFAP 2 outlined by payment category.

Stakeholder Toolkit

USDA encourages producers and agricultural groups to share information with those in their network. Our CFAP 2 Stakeholder Toolkit includes key talking points, a newsletter article, and suggested social media posts intended to raise awareness around CFAP 2. This toolkit was last updated on October 13, 2020.

CFAP Posters

We offer a package of posters that can also be accessed individually for agricultural operations or farms as well as crop, dairy, fruit or vegetable, and livestock operations impacted by COVID-19. These posters were last updated on October 13, 2020.

The below resources provide more information on CFAP 2.

CFAP 2 Rule 

CFAP 2 Rule – Posted September 22, 2020

Cost-Benefit Analysis

CFAP 2 Cost-Benefit Analysis – Posted September 25, 2020