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USDA Extends Application Deadline for Discrimination Financial Assistance Program to January 13News Release
This release amplifies USDA News Release No. 0196.23 issued on Sept. 22, 2023.WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the deadline for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program to January 13, 2024, to give eligible farmers, ranchers and forest landowners more time to apply for assistance. The original…
USDA Begins Issuing $1.75 Billion to Agricultural Producers Through Critical Emergency Relief ProgramsNews Release
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it will begin issuing more than $1.75 billion in emergency relief payments to eligible farmers and livestock producers. These much-needed payments are helping farming and ranching operations recover following natural disasters in 2020, 2021 and 2022.…
USDA Announces Milk Loss Assistance for Dairy Operations Impacted by 2020, 2021 and 2022 Disaster EventsNews Release
Program Signup Begins Sept. 11, 2023WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced Milk Loss Program (MLP) assistance for eligible dairy operations for milk that was dumped or removed, without compensation, from the commercial milk market due to qualifying weather events and the consequences of those weather…
USDA Updates Livestock Disaster Payment Rate to Assist Producers Hard-Hit by Heat and HumidityNews Release
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2023 – The USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced today it is updating the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) payment rate to support livestock producers in the Midwest who have lost cattle to the extreme heat and humidity experienced this summer. To help indemnify producers to reflect a trend toward higher cattle weights…
USDA Designates Johnson County as Natural Disaster Area Due to DroughtNews Release
(LINCOLN, Nebraska, 7/27/2023) This stakeholder notification is to share information regarding a recent Secretarial natural disaster designation. Such 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…
USDA Accepts Nearly 2.7 Million Acres in Grassland CRP SignupNews Release
Nebraska Second Highest State for Number of Acres Accepted LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 20, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting offers for nearly 2.7 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners through this year’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grassland signup. This program allows…
Financial Assistance Application Process Opens for USDA Farm Loan Borrowers Who Have Faced DiscriminationNews Release
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2023 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the opening of the financial assistance application process for eligible farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination in USDA farm lending programs prior to January 2021. Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) directs USDA…
USDA Reminds Ag Producers of July 14 Deadline to Apply for Natural Disaster, Pandemic Revenue Loss ProgramsNews Release
(LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 6, 2023) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers of the July 14 deadline to apply for the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase Two and the Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP). These revenue-based programs help offset revenue losses from 2020 and 2021 natural…
USDA Designates Nebraska Counties as Natural Disaster AreasNews Release
(LINCOLN, Nebraska, 6/29/2023) This stakeholder notification represents all Secretarial natural disaster designations that have been granted in Nebraska to date since the start of 2023. Such designations allow the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers…
FEMA Designates South Dakota Counties as Natural Disaster Areas; Several Nebraska Counties Contiguous LocationsNews Release
(LINCOLN, Nebraska, 6/29/2023) This Stakeholder Notification shows below the Presidential disaster declarations made to date in Nebraska that allow 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…