USDA Provides $1.8 Billion to Offset Market Fluctuations
Farmers Can Now Make Elections, Enroll in Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs
USDA Adds Digital Options for Farmers and Ranchers to Apply for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
Online portal, e-signature tool enable producers to apply from anywhere
USDA Designates 12 North Carolina Counties 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. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or the refinance of certain debts.
2021 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections Underway
Ballots To Be Mailed to Eligible Voters Beginning This Week
USDA Designates 13 Missouri Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border States Also Available
2021 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections Underway
Ballots To Be Mailed to Eligible Voters Beginning This Week
USDA Designates Modoc County, California, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border States Also Available
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Modoc County, California, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
USDA Builds Pandemic Support for Certified Organic and Transitioning Operations
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2021— The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide pandemic assistance to cover certification and education expenses to agricultural producers who are certified organic or transitioning to organic.
June 30th Last Day to Complete Enrollment for 2020 Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs
Call Today Regarding 2020 Crop Year Eligibility
Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for 2020 must do so by June 30. Although program elections for the 2020 crop year remain the same as elections made for 2019, all producers need to contact their local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) office to sign a 2020 enrollment contract.