disaster aid

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the release of Congressionally mandated Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) payments to cover grazing losses due to eligible drought or wildfire events …

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Wednesday released a timeline for launching disaster assistance to producers. Under the details released, livestock producers will be able to sign up at the end …

USDA will open a portal before the end of the month for farmers to apply for nearly $21 billion in aid for dealing with natural disasters over the past two …

Largely driven by a surge in disaster and economic government assistance, USDA’s latest farm income forecast projects a significant but misleading rebound in net farm income for 2025, rising to $180.1 billion …

At the 11th hour, Congress has been able to reach an agreement on a year-end spending deal that includes economic and disaster aid to farmers. Tuesday evening details on the …

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to fund $21 billion in aid for farmers and ranchers as part of a $98.6 billion overall disaster package the president proposed that Congress …

Several agriculture stakeholders across the nation are showing support for legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) which offers producers fairer market prices for livestock disaster …

USDA recently announced the deadline for commodity and specialty crop producers to apply for the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) for 2022 natural disaster losses is Aug. 14, 2024. USDA’s Farm …

The U. S Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing final Emergency Relief Program (ERP) payments totaling approximately $306 million to eligible commodity and specialty crop producers who incurred losses due to natural …

Farmers hit by disaster in 2022 are expecting significantly smaller Emergency Relief Program (ERP) payments, setting up a dispute between Congress and USDA over the methodology used to calculate payments. …