Exhibit 661

Market Facilitation Program, Audit Report 03601-0003-31

Exhibit 661 · Audit report

Market Facilitation Program, Audit Report 03601-0003-31

We did not identify any issues regarding producer eligibility and certifications, except for issues with certified production and acreage amounts, which affected payment accuracy.

USDA announced trade-mitigation packages of up to $12 billion (24 July 2018) and up to an additional $16 billion (23 May 2019). Across 2018 and 2019 FSA distributed over $23 billion to more than 715,000 producers of 38 commodities ($8.65 billion for 2018 and $14.53 billion for 2019 as of 23 August 2021). OIG found no eligibility issues apart from certified production and acreage, and estimated FSA overpaid 150,313 producers by a total of more than $57.2 million (95 percent interval $24.3 million to $119.7 million). FSA concurred with all four recommendations.

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General
Date: 9 March 2022
Quoted from: p. 4 of the report (PDF p. 11)
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://usdaoig.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2025-08/03601-0003-31FR508FOIA.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
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Finding AGR-3.10: Primary record USDA distributed over $23 billion in Market Facilitation Program payments for 2018 and 2019 to more than 715,000 producers. GAO estimated that 2019 payments to corn producers were about $3 billion more than USDA’s own estimate of trade damage to corn.
Finding AGR-3.11: Primary record FSA paid $163.4 million of Market Facilitation Program payments to 883 high-income farms and 1,164 farmers with adjusted gross incomes over $900,000, and discontinued its 2019 compliance review. USDA’s inspector general estimated that FSA overpaid 150,313 producers by a total of more than $57.2 million, about 0.25 percent of the $23.18 billion paid.