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. 

“More than a quarter of producers are beginning farmers,” said USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky. “We need to support the next generation of agricultural producers who we will soon rely upon to grow our nation’s food and fiber.”

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 

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Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties Also Available

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Madison, Wisc., May 6, 2022- The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced appointees who will serve on the Wisconsin USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state committee.

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FLORIDA CITY, Fla., May 13, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced more than $1.6 million under the Oriental Fruit Fly Program will be issued to producers affected by the Oriental fruit fly quarantine in Miami-Dade County from 2015 to 2016.  

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Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border States Also Available

The U. S Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020 and 2021 will soon begin receiving emergency relief payments totaling approximately $6 billion through the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) new Emergency Relief Program (ERP) to offset crop yield and value losses.   

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Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border States Also Available

First Wave of Payments Based on Crop Insurance Data