USDA and Dairy Farmers Work Together to Mitigate Risk for 2021
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Agencies See Proactive Participation in Risk Management Programs
USDA Expands Eligibility, Enhances Benefits for Key Disaster Programs
Policy changes will help more producers recover from natural disasters
USDA Offers Disaster Recovery Assistance to Agricultural Producers in Texas Impacted by Recent Tornadoes
TEMPLE/COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 6, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers across Texas recover from recent tornadoes and severe weather.
USDA Designates 43 Michigan Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
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Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border States Also Available
USDA Names Appointees to the Florida Farm Service Agency State Committee
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Gainesville, Fla. - Jan. 13, 2023- The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced appointees who will serve on the Florida USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state committee.
USDA Reminds New Mexico Producers to File Crop Acreage Reports
(ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico), June 10, 2024 – Agricultural producers in New Mexico should make an appointment with their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office to complete crop acreage reports before the applicable deadline after planting is complete.
USDA Temporarily Suspends Debt Collections, Foreclosures and Other Activities on Farm Loans for Several Thousand Distressed Borrowers Due to Coronavirus
Columbia, Mo., 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. USDA will work with the U.S.
USDA Reminds Producers of Continuous Certification Option for Perennial Forage
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds agricultural producers with perennial forage crops of an option to report their acreage once, without having to report that acreage in subsequent years, as long as there are no applicable changes on the farm. Interested producers can select the continuous certification option after USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) certifies their acreage report.
Producers and Landowners Can Now Sign Up for USDA's Grassland Conservation Reserve Program
COLUMBIA, S.C., June 11, 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 Announces Quality Loss Assistance Now Available for Eligible Producers Affected by 2018, 2019 Natural Disasters
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced that signup for the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program will begin Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Funded by the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, this new program provides assistance to producers who suffered eligible crop quality losses due to natural disasters occurring in 2018 and 2019. The deadline to apply for QLA is Friday, March 5, 2021.