According to local station WNAX the Governor of Iowa and the State Agricultural Director have requested the USDA to consider state egg producers for assistance in disbursing funds from the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP).

Kevin Stiles the Executive Director of the Iowa Poultry Association, emphasized that many egg producers have experienced extreme hardship following the collapse of the food service industry. At the end of May Iowa housed 55 million hens in farms over 30,000, representing 17 percent of the Nation’s egg flock. Close to seventy percent of layer flocks in the state produce for the liquid market. Operators of complexes dedicated to breaking have been disproportionally impacted by the profound shift in the market as a result of the collapse of the food service segment following introduction of COVID-19 restrictions.