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The Farm Service Agency provides assistance for natural disaster losses, resulting from drought, flood, fire, freeze, tornadoes, pest infestation, and other calamities.
A concise one-page summary of the disaster programs administered by FSA (PDF, 752KB).
A two-page summary, including a short description, the triggers, key requirements, payments and funding levels for each disaster program administered by FSA (PDF, 376KB).
A list of fact sheets describing the disaster programs offered by FSA (PDF, 14 KB).
Loans for losses to crops, trees, livestock, farm land and farm property
The Emergency Loan Program provides loans to help producers recover from production and physical losses due to drought, flooding, other natural disasters, or quarantine. For emergency loan data by state and fiscal year, click here (PDF, 59 KB).
The Disaster Debt Set-Aside Program provides producers who have existing direct loans with FSA who are unable to make the scheduled payments to move up to one full year’s payment to the end of the loan. For disaster debt set-aside data by state and fiscal year, click here (PDF, 45 KB)
Assistance is available in counties, or contiguous counties, who have been designated as emergencies by the President, Secretary or FSA Administrator.
Farm land damage
The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) provides assistance to producers if their land was damaged by a natural disaster and needs conservation practices.
The Tree Assistance Program (TAP) provides cash payments to orchardists and nursery tree growers for qualifying tree losses due to natural disaster in counties declared a disaster by the Secretary of Agriculture.
The Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP)provides payments to eligible owners of nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) land in order to carry out emergency measures to restore land damaged by a natural disaster.
Livestock and Grazing Losses
The Livestock Forage Disaster Assistance Program (LFP) provides cash payments to eligible producers who suffered grazing losses because of drought. It also provides cash payments for fires on federally managed land leased by producers.
The Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)provides cash payments to eligible producers for livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather.
The Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm- Raised Fish Program(ELAP) provides assistance for honey bee death, honey bee feed losses, farm-raised fish death, and farm-raised fish feed losses. The program is available in counties declared a disaster by the Secretary of Agriculture.
