Where The Money Went: Payment Data Pinpoints MFP Benefits

By Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, and Hannah Pagel

Agri Pulse

Farmers across the Corn Belt and northern Plains along with producers in California, western Texas, and the lower Mississippi River Valley have been the biggest beneficiaries of the Trump administration’s Market Facilitation Program over the past year, according to data obtained by Agri-Pulse and reflecting payments as of Feb. 19, 2020.