USDA Designates Eight Oregon Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
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Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border State Also Available
USDA Designates Several Nebraska Counties as Disasters Due to Drought
(LINCOLN, Nebraska - June 22, 2022) This stakeholder notification represents four separate Secretarial natural disaster designations. Such designations allow the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans.
Producers and Landowners Can Now Sign Up for USDA's Grassland Conservation Reserve Program
MANHATTAN, Kansas, June 3, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can now sign up for the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (Grassland CRP). The signup runs from today through June 28, 2024.
USDA Designates 28 South Dakota Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
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Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border States Also Available
USDA Announces Assistance for On-Farm Food Safety Expenses for Specialty Crop Growers
JUNE 23, 2022— Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to provide up to $200 million in assistance for specialty crop producers who incur eligible on-farm food safety program expenses to obtain or renew a food safety certification in calendar years 2022 or 2023.
Producers and Landowners Can Now Sign Up for USDA's Grassland Conservation Reserve Program
Columbia, MO, June 3, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can now sign up for the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (Grassland CRP). The signup runs from today through June 28, 2024.
USDA Designates Yuma County, Arizona, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
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Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border State Also Available
USDA Designates Caldwell County, Texas, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans.
USDA Offers Disaster Recovery Assistance to Agricultural Producers in Oklahoma Impacted by Recent Tornadoes
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USDA Issues First Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Payments
Washington, D.C., June 5, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has already approved more than $545 million in payments to producers who have applied for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. FSA began taking applications May 26, and the agency has received over 86,000 applications for this important relief program.