USDA Offers New Forest Management Incentive for Conservation Reserve Program

COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 19, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making available $12 million for use in making payments to forest landowners with land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in exchange for their implementing healthy forest management practices. Existing CRP participants can now sign up for the Forest Management Incentive (FMI), which provides financial incentives to landowners with land in CRP to encourage proper tree thinning and other practices.

Farm Service Agency Reopens Application Period for Emergency Forest Restoration Program

GAINESVILLE, Fla., Feb. 2, 2021 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Florida announced that counties are accepting applications for the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) to address damages from Hurricane Michael that occurred in 2018. The EFRP sign-up period reopened on Jan. 19, 2021 and ends on March 11, 2021.

USDA Reminds Producers of Continuous Certification Option for Perennial Forage 

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds agricultural producers with perennial forage crops of an option to report their acreage once, without having to report that acreage in subsequent years, as long as there are no applicable changes on the farm. Interested producers can select the continuous certification option after USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) certifies their acreage report.  

USDA Announces Additional Assistance

WASHINGTON, January 23, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the details of additional assistance for dairy producers, including a second round of payments through the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program (PMVAP) and a new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP). The update to PMVAP and the new ODMAP will enable USDA to better support small- and medium-sized dairy operations who weathered the pandemic and now face other challenges.

Nebraska FSA to Host Quality Loss Adjustment Program Webinar on Feb. 17

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 10, 2021 — Nebraska U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is hosting a public webinar next week to review details of the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program. The event will run from 12 p.m.-1 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Feb. 17.

Those interested in accessing the webinar can join the event by clicking on this link.