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Farmers and Ranchers to Receive Direct Support for Losses Related to COVID-19

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.

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Program Enhancements Improve Feed Cost Calculations   

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Indiana Contiguous Counties of Benton, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo and Warren

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WASHINGTON, March 16, 2020 ─ The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is standing up a new team of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) staff that will lead a department-wide effort focused on serving beginning farmers and ranchers. 

Program Enhancements Improve Feed Cost Calculations

WASHINGTON – Sept. 29, 2023— The August milk margin triggered the eighth consecutive payment for dairy producers who obtained Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) for the 2023 program year. August’s income over feed margin is $6.46 per hundredweight (cwt.) with projected DMC payments totaling $120 million.

Farmers and Ranchers to Receive Direct Support for Losses Related to COVID-19