Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program

PARP uses funding authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA; Pub. L. 116-260), which provides funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by providing support for agricultural producers, growers, and processors impacted by coronavirus. PARP provides direct financial support for eligible producers of agricultural commodities who suffered an eligible revenue loss in calendar year 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. PARP is intended to address gaps in previous pandemic assistance, which was targeted at price loss or lack of market access, rather than overall revenue losses. To be eligible for PARP, a producer must have been in the business of farming during at least part of the 2020 calendar year and had at least a 15 percent decrease in allowable gross revenue for the 2020 calendar year, as compared to the 2018 or 2019 calendar year. New producers who did not have allowable revenue in 2018 and 2019 may apply based on their expected 2020 allowable revenue, as set forth in the program regulations.