Biden-Harris Administration Drought Resilience Interagency Working Group Releases Summary Report, Marks One Year Since Interagency Coordination
Interagency effort to address drought issues through existing and new programs and resources from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
USDA Names Appointees to the Arizona Farm Service Agency State Committee
Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
Phoenix, Ariz., March 17, 2023- The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced appointees who will serve on the Arizona USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state committee.
USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Agricultural Producers Impacted by Recent Winter Storms
Recovery Assistance Available for Livestock Losses in Idaho, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming
Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Natural Disasters – Winter Storm – Feb. 9 to Feb. 20, 2021
Physical loss loans can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses. Examples of property commonly affected include essential farm buildings, fixtures to real estate, equipment, livestock, perennial crops, fruit and nut bearing trees and harvested or stored crops and hay.
State: Texas
Triggering Disaster: Winter storm that occurred on Feb. 9 to Feb. 20, 2021
USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Agricultural Producers Impacted by Recent Winter Storms
Recovery Assistance Available for Livestock Losses in Idaho, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming
USDA Designates Dickey County, North Dakota, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
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.
USDA Announces Additional Assistance for Distressed Farmers Facing Financial Risk
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that beginning in April it will provide approximately $123 million in additional, automatic financial assistance for qualifying farm loan program borrowers who are facing financial risk, as part of the $3.1 billion to help distressed farm loan borrowers that was provided through Section 22006 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The announcement builds on financial assistance offered to borrowers through the same program in October 2022.