Agrifood markets and support in the United States after 1 year of COVID‐19 pandemic

This article briefly outlines the agrifood market and policy situation in the United States after 1 year of the COVID‐19 pandemic Agrifood markets suffered initial disruptions from both supply‐side and demand‐side shocks but significant adjustments by farmers, processors, distributors, and government kept these relatively shorty‐lived Substantial support has been provided to farmers as part of $5 trillion of economy‐wide stimulus enacted This included payments in 2020 under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) of nearly $24 billion to producers of a wide array of products These payments came on top of trade‐related support provided to agriculture in 2018 and 2019 The stimulus also included expansion of nutrition assistance programs for low‐income households which were among the hardest hit by the pandemic I conjecture that the pandemic will influence planning and social policy across the US economy for years to come but will not shift the basic structure of US agricultural production and distribution Counter‐cyclical farm policy is reentrenched within the political arena and expectations for support levels may have been raised (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Cet article discute brievement le marche et la situation des politiques agroalimentaires aux Etats‐Unis apres un an de pandemie de la COVID‐19 Les marches agroalimentaires ont subi des perturbations initiales dues a des chocs a la fois du cote de l'offre et de la demande, mais des ajustements importants de la part des agriculteurs, des transformateurs, des distributeurs et du gouvernement ont maintenu ces derniers relativement de courte duree Un soutien substantiel a ete fourni aux agriculteurs dans le cadre de mesures de relance de l’economie de l'ordre de 5000 milliards de dollars Cela comprenait des paiements en 2020 au titre du programme d'aide alimentaire contre le coronavirus (PAAC) de pres de 24 milliards de dollars aux producteurs d'un large eventail de produits Ces paiements sont venus s'ajouter au soutien lie au commerce fourni a l'agriculture en 2018 et 2019 Le stimulus comprenait egalement l'expansion des programmes d'assistance nutritionnelle pour les menages a faible revenu, qui etaient parmi les plus durement touches par la pandemie Je suppose que la pandemie influencera la planification et la politique sociale dans l'ensemble de l'economie americaine pour les annees a venir, mais ne modifiera pas la structure de base de la production et de la distribution agricoles aux Etats‐Unis La politique agricole anticyclique est de nouveau enracinee dans l'arene politique et les attentes concernant les niveaux de soutien peuvent avoir ete augmentees (French) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )