To Date, USDA Has Issued $64 Million in Emergency Relief Program Payments Oregon Agricultural Producers
Deadline to Submit Applications is Friday, July 22
USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Tornadoes
Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) 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.
Impacted Area: Wisconsin
Additional Commodities Eligible for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
WASHINGTON, July 9, 2020 – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced an initial list of additional commodities that have been added to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made other adjustments to the program based on comments received from agricultural producers and organizations and review of market data. Producers will be able to submit applications that include these commodities on Monday, July 13, 2020.
Op-Ed: Celebrating the American Farmer
by Julia Wickard, Indiana FSA State Executive Director
Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates California Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Winter Storm
This Presidential disaster declaration 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.
More than $7 Billion Paid in Second Round of USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that in the first month of the application period, the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) approved more than $7 billion in payments to producers in the second round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. CFAP 2 provides agricultural producers with financial assistance to help absorb some of the increased marketing costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
USDA Reminds Producers to File Crop Acreage Reports
(SALT LAKE CITY, Utah), June 22, 2022 – Agricultural producers who have not yet completed their crop acreage reports after spring planting should make an appointment with their local County Farm Service Agency (FSA) before the applicable deadline.
USDA Offers Targeted Farm Loan Funding for Underserved Groups and Beginning Farm
Contact: Turell Tidwell
turell.tidwell@usda.gov
615-277-2618
(NASHVILLE, TN) – June 10, 2024 -- USDA Tennessee Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director, John Litz, reminds producers that FSA offers targeted farm ownership and farm operating loans to assist underserved applicants as well as beginning farmers and ranchers.
New USDA Survey to Measure Areas for Improvement
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a new annual survey of farmers, ranchers and private forestland owners. The survey will help USDA understand what it is doing well and where improvements are needed, specifically at the Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Risk Management Agency (RMA).