Joseph Glauber
POLICY SEMINAR
Virtual Event - The political economy of COVID-19: Impacts on agriculture and food policies
OCT 22, 2020 - 08:30 AM TO 10:00 AM EDT
COVID-19 and Support to Agricultural Producers: the Case of the United States
1. COVID-19 and Support to
Agricultural Producers
The Case of the United States
Joseph W. Glauber
Senior Research Fellow, MTID
International Food Policy Research Institute
Washington, DC | 22 October 2020
2. US Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
Commodity CFAP11 CFAP2 Total
Million USD
Livestock 4,963 3,650 8,613
Dairy 1,762 1,340 3,102
Non-specialty 2,637 6,050 8,687
Specialty 784 1,890 2,674
Other 111 280 391
Total 10,258 13,210 23,468
1Payments as of 18 October 2020
3. Prices for most commodities have climbed back to
pre-COVID levels