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USDA Expediting $10 Billion in Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural Producers
News Release
WASHINGTON, March 18, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, on National Agriculture Day, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing up to $10 billion directly to agricultural producers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) for the 2024 crop year. Administered by USDA’s Farm Service…
USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Emergency Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides in Six Illinois Counties
News Release
Low-interest emergency physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses.  Examples of property commonly affected…
Presidential Major Disaster Declaration M4862
Emergency Designation
                                                                 Presidential Major Disaster Declaration M4862On March 18, 2025, the president, signed a Presidential Major Disaster…
USDA Expediting $10 Billion in Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural Producers
News Release
WASHINGTON, March 18, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, on National Agriculture Day, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing up to $10 billion directly to agricultural producers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) for the 2024 crop year. Administered by USDA’s Farm Service…
Loan Deficiency Payments Now Available for Cotton Producers in New Mexico
News Release
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, March 13, 2025 – Cotton producers in New Mexico may be eligible for Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA). LDPs are payments made to producers who, although eligible to obtain a Marketing Assistance Loan, agree to forgo the loan in return for a payment on the…