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Exhibit 669

Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program

Exhibit 669 · Agency web page

Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program

USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is providing $1.625 billion through a one-time bridge payment for specialty crops not covered through the previously announced Farm Bridge Assistance (FBA) program.

FSA is providing $1.625 billion through a one-time bridge payment for specialty crops not covered by the Farmer Bridge Assistance program, based on reported 2025 planted acres, under the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act.

Source
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency
Date
2026
Quoted from
'What It Is'
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.fsa.usda.gov/ascf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding AGR-3.9
Primary record In 2019 the Market Facilitation Program paid specialty crops about 2 percent and nonspecialty crops about 94 percent of $14.4 billion. USDA’s 2025 Farmer Bridge Assistance program is $11 billion with $1 billion more available, and its program for specialty crops that the first did not cover is $1.625 billion.