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…
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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.…
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Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Congressman Andy Harris (R-Md.) this week urged Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reconsider policies that will limit the effectiveness of disaster relief that Congress provided…
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As most producers know by now, disaster aid payments are almost always at least a year after the actual disaster. USDA will provide more than $3 billion to commodity and…
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USDA Announces $1.75 Billion in Disaster Aid Checks Coming for 2020-22
by Colter BrownFarmers and livestock producers hit by natural disasters going back to 2020 will start to see the last of $1.75 billion in disaster aid from USDA starting this week. The…
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Legislation to Create a Permanent Farm Disaster Relief Program Introduced
by Colter BrownSens. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla, both California Democrats, and Reps. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., have introduced the Agricultural Emergency Relief Act to create a permanent structure…
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USDA Announces Emergency Relief Assistance for Producers Who Incurred Disaster Related Losses Due in 2022
by Colter BrownWASHINGTON, May 19, 2023 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced plans to roll out $3.7 billion in Emergency Relief Program (ERP) and Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) assistance to…
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Bill Introduced to Improve Livestock Disaster Assistance
by Colter BrownU.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, recently introduced the Livestock Disaster Assistance Improvement Act, bipartisan legislation that would…
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USDA Updates Phase One Emergency Relief Program, More Applications Being Mailed
by Colter BrownThe USDA announced another phase of assistance will be forthcoming to commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disasters in 2020 and 2021. Over 18,000 producers will soon be…
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ERP Deadline Extended and More Pre-Filled Forms For 2021 and 2021 Disasters on the Way
by Colter BrownThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it will indefinitely extend the deadline for producers to return the pre-filled applications for Phase One of the Emergency Relief Program…