USDA Partners with FarmRaise to Offer Educational Tools and Resources to Promote Financial Access and Equity for Agricultural Producers
Disaster Assistance, and Farm Loan Resources Now Available Online.
USDA Designates Two Florida Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border State Also Available
USDA to Allow Producers to Request Voluntary Termination of Conservation Reserve Program Contract
Contact:
Lynnette Wright
Lynnette.wright@usda.gov
USDA Announces Additional Flexibilities to Help Address Threats to Global Food Security
USDA Partners with FarmRaise to Offer Educational Tools and Resources to Promote Financial Access and Equity for Agricultural Producers
Disaster Assistance, and Farm Loan Resources Now Available Online
USDA Announces Loan Maturity for Marketing Assistance Loans Now Extended to 12 Months
Provides Producers with Marketing Flexibilities Amid COVID-19 Uncertainties
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 9, 2020 – Agricultural producers now have more time to repay Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL) as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020. The loans now mature at 12 months rather than nine, and this flexibility is available for most commodities.
Montana FSA: Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Natural Disasters
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: Montana
Triggering Disaster Event 1: Blizzard, Excessive Snow, and High Winds that occurred during April 11 through April 25, 2022.
USDA Designates Shoshone County, Idaho as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Two Contiguous Montana Counties Also Eligible for Assistance
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 to refinance certain debts.
USDA Designates Seven Minnesota Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border States Also Available
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2020 — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated seven Minnesota counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent weather events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
USDA Names Appointees to the Michigan Farm Service Agency State Committee
Contact:
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
East Lansing, Mich., June 2, 2022- The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced appointees who will serve on the Michigan USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state committee.
USDA Reminds Producers of Climate-Smart Opportunities Using Farm Loan Programs
Washington, DC, April 30, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds agricultural producers that Farm Loan Programs can be used to support a variety of climate-smart agriculture practices, which build on many practices that farmers and ranchers already use, like cover cropping, nutrient management and conservation tillage.