(KLZA)-- The U.S. D.A. Farm Service Agency has approved more than $545-million in payments to producers who have applied for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. 

Applications opened May 26, and the agency has received more than 86-thousand applications for the relief program. 

Applications will be accepted through August 28.  Through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, USDA is making $16-billion in financial assistance to producers of agricultural commodities suffering a five-percent – or – greater price decline due to COVIE-19 and face additional significant marketing costs as a result of lower demand, surplus production and disruptions to shipping patterns.

For more information go online at farmers.gov/CFAP  or call toll free 877-508-8364.