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USDA Designates 12 Counties in NM as Primary Natural Disaster Areas with Assistance to Producers in Surrounding States
News Release
Contact: Latawnya.Dia@wdc.usda.govWASHINGTON, April 3, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 12 counties in New Mexico as primary natural disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by a recent drought. Those counties are:CatronLeaRio ArribaSan MiguelGuadalupeMcKinleySandovalSanta FeHardingMoraSan…
USDA Designates Two Counties in Colorado as Primary Natural Disaster Areas with Assistance to Producers in Utah
News Release
Contact: Latawnya.Dia@wdc.usda.govWASHINGTON, April 24, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Mesa and Otero counties in Colorado as primary natural disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by a recent drought. Farmers and ranchers in the following contiguous counties in Colorado …
Farm Service Agency Makes Administrative Change to the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
News Release
CANADIAN, Texas, April 24, 2018 – Starting today, agricultural producers who have lost livestock to disease, resulting from a weather disaster, have an additional way to become eligible for a key U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) disaster assistance program. USDA Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey announced an…
USDA Designates Three Counties in Utah as a Primary Natural Disaster Area with Assistance to Producers in Surrounding States
News Release
Contact: Latawnya.Dia@wdc.usda.govWASHINGTON, April 24, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Kane, San Juan and Wayne counties in Utah as primary natural disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by a recent drought.Farmers and ranchers in the contiguous counties of Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron…
Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC)
April 18, 2018 — As mandated in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, seed cotton is now a covered commodity under the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs effective for the 2018 crop year. As a result, producers with generic base acres will be allowed to convert to cotton base or allocate to…