The Office of Management and Budget has completed the review of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. Now, agriculture is waiting on the official announcement. In an interview with the Red River Farm Network on Friday, USDA Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey explained the Farm Service Agency is conducting a training on the program this week. There will be farmers new to the FSA signing up for the payments. “Whether they’re specialty crop growers, livestock producers without crops or maybe farmers markets folks, we are trying to tell them a little more about us and the kind of information they need to provide for these payments in addition to COVID-19 losses.” Northey wouldn’t talk much about the new details in the rule, but said there is a desire to have program sign-up at the end of May. Work will be done to get the payments to farmers quickly. Hear the full interview with Northey.