# Coronavirus Food Assistance Program: Where did the money go? | 2021-03-03  | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> An Agri-Pulse analysis found that $23.6 billion in Coronavirus Food Assistance Program payments made in 2020 were concentrated among large operations and high-production regions. About 45,000 recipients received more than half the payments, and nearly 870 received at least $1 million.

- Date: 2021-03-03 · published 2021-03-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48091-coronavirus-food-assistance-program-where-did-the-money-go-2021-03-03-agri
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

The concentration of aid among large producers helps explain how farm cash was distributed, but it does not change current supply, demand or feed prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-07-08 | [Farm programs in play as lawmakers look to 2021 \| 2020-07-07  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52103-farm-programs-in-play-as-lawmakers-look-to-2021-2020-07-07-agri-pulse.md) | -2.3% | -6.6% |
| CORN | 2019-07-26 | [Map: A look at where the MFP payments are going \| 2019-07-25 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58072-map-a-look-at-where-the-mfp-payments-are-going-2019-07-25-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -2.2% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2024-05-22 | [Analysis: Farm program payments would more than double for southern crops \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30239-analysis-farm-program-payments-would-more-than-double-for-southern-crops-agri.md) | +3.3% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2020-11-02 | [China fills grain quotas as the US weighs WTO compliance \| 2020-11-02  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50018-china-fills-grain-quotas-as-the-us-weighs-wto-compliance-2020-11-02-agri-pulse.md) | +0.5% | +8.6% |
| CORN | 2019-12-27 | [How will MFP payments shape the future direction of farm programs? \| 2019-12-27  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55564-how-will-mfp-payments-shape-the-future-direction-of-farm-programs-2019-12-27.md) | -0.3% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2020-07-08 | [Farm programs in play as lawmakers look to 2021 \| 2020-07-07  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52103-farm-programs-in-play-as-lawmakers-look-to-2021-2020-07-07-agri-pulse.md) | -1.5% | -1.3% |
| SOY | 2024-05-22 | [Analysis: Farm program payments would more than double for southern crops \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30239-analysis-farm-program-payments-would-more-than-double-for-southern-crops-agri.md) | -1.8% | -6.6% |
| SOY | 2019-12-27 | [How will MFP payments shape the future direction of farm programs? \| 2019-12-27  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55564-how-will-mfp-payments-shape-the-future-direction-of-farm-programs-2019-12-27.md) | -0.8% | -4.3% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/15429-coronavirus-food-assistance-program-where-did-the-money-go

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