The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program unveiled by Sonny Perdue, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, is designed to provide $19 billion to support farmers and ranchers while maintaining the integrity of the food supply chain, according to the USDA.

Signed into law on March 27, the CARES Act provides more than $2 trillion in economic stimulus. This Market Intel from the Farm Bureau delves into provisions of the CARES Act and explains that the extent to which the legislation will help ag producers depends on how some provisions are interpreted by the Small Business Administration.