USDA Designates Mills County, Texas, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
USDA Designates Mills County, Texas, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
USDA Expands Eligibility, Enhances Benefits for Key Disaster Programs
Policy changes will help more producers recover from natural disasters
Agricultural Producers Have Until March 15 to Enroll in USDA’s Key Commodity Safety Net Programs for the 2024 Crop Year
Washington Enrollment Currently At 30.5% of Expected Contracts
USDA Offers New Forest Management Incentive for Conservation Reserve Program
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, January 20, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making available $12 million for use in making payments to forest landowners with land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in exchange for their implementing healthy forest management practices. Existing CRP participants can now sign up for the Forest Management Incentive (FMI), which provides financial incentives to landowners with land in CRP to encourage proper tree thinning and other practices.
USDA Expands Eligibility, Enhances Benefits for Key Disaster Programs
Contact:
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
Policy changes will help more producers recover from natural disasters
Agricultural Producers Have Until March 15 to Enroll in USDA’s Key Commodity Safety Net Programs for the 2024 Crop Year
Kentucky Enrollment Currently At 37% of Expected Contracts
USDA and Dairy Farmers Work Together to Mitigate Risk for 2021
Contact:
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
Agencies See Proactive Participation in Risk Management Programs
USDA Expands Eligibility, Enhances Benefits for Key Disaster Programs
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2023 – The U.S.
USDA Temporarily Suspends Debt Collections, Foreclosures and Other Activities on Farm Loans for Several Thousand Distressed Borrowers Due to Coronavirus
Indianapolis, Indiana, Jan. 27, 2021 – Due to the national public health emergency caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the temporary suspension of past-due debt collections and foreclosures for distressed borrowers under the Farm Storage Facility Loan and the Direct Farm Loan programs administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA). USDA will temporarily suspend non-judicial foreclosures, debt offsets or wage garnishments, and referring foreclosures to the Department of Justice.