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Disaster Assistance Programs
 
The SURE Program provides financial assistance for crop production or quality losses due to natural disaster. The ELAP Program provides emergency relief to producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish. The Tree Assistance Program provides financial assistance to qualifying orchardists to replace trees, bushes, and vines damaged by natural disasters. The Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program provides financial assistance to producers of noninsurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory or prevented planting occurs due to natural disasters. The Livestock Indemnity Program provides assistance to producers for livestock deaths that result from disaster. The Farm Service Agency provides Emergency Farm Loans to help producers recover from production and physical losses due to natural disasters or quarantine. The Emergency Conservation Program provides emergency funding and technical assistance for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters. The Livestock Forage Program provides financial assistance to producers who suffered grazing losses due to drought or fire.
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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.

 
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Insurance coverage -

 

 
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Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) -

 
  • Provides financial assistance to producers of noninsurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory or prevented planting occurs due to natural disasters. Click here for details

 

 

 
Assistance for Crop Losses (including Trees) -

 

 
Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Program -

 
  • Provides financial assistance for crop production and or quality losses due to a natural disaster. Click here for details

 

 
Tree Assistance Program (TAP) -

 
  • Provides financial assistance to qualifying orchardists to replace eligible trees, bushes, and vines damaged by natural disasters. Click here for details

 

 

 
Assistance for Livestock Losses

 

 
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP) -

 
  • Provides Emergency relief to producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish. Covers losses from disaster such as adverse weather or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires not adequately covered by any other disaster program. Click here for details

 

 
Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) -

 
  • Provides financial assistance to producers who suffered grazing losses due to drought or fire. Click here for details.

 
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) -

 

 

 
Assistance to get your farm up and running after a Disaster

 

 
Emergency Farm Loans -

 
  • Producers can borrow up to 100 percent of actual production or physical losses, to a maximum amount of $500,000. Click here for details

 
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) -

 
  • Provides emergency funding and technical assistance for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and for carrying out emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought. Click here for details

 

 
Current Emergency Disaster Designations

 
  • See if your farming operation is part of a current Emergency Disaster Designation by visiting DisasterHelp.Gov

 

 

 
Reports

 
  • LFP and LIP Payment Totals For August 31, 2010 (PDF 26 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 
  • SURE Weekly Totals For August 31, 2010 (PDF 36 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 
Payment Maps

 
2008-2010 Maps

 

 
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2008 - 2010 LIP/LFP/SURE Payment Distribution For August 31, 2010 (PDF 680 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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2008 - 2010 LFP Payment Distribution For August 31, 2010 (PDF 679 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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2008 - 2010 LIP Payment Distribution For August 31, 2010 (PDF 681 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
2010 Maps

 

 
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2010 LFP Payment Distribution For August 31, 2010 (PDF 155 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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2010 LIP Payment Distribution For August 31, 2010 (PDF 177 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
2009 Maps

 

 
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2009 LFP Payment Distribution For August 31, 2010 (PDF 183 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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2009 LIP Payment Distribution For August 31, 2010 (PDF 191 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
2008 Maps

 

 
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2008 LFP Payment Distribution For August 31, 2010 (PDF 169 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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2008 LIP Payment Distribution For August 31, 2010 (PDF 186 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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2008 SURE Recovery Act Payment Distribution For August 31, 2010 (PDF 213 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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2008 SURE Trust Fund Payment Distribution For August 31, 2010 (PDF 195 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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2008 SURE Recovery Act and Trust Fund Payment Distribution For August 31, 2010 (PDF 679 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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2008 SURE Recovery Act Payment Distribution For August 31, 2010 (PDF 644 KB file, August 31, 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Related Topics
Bullet Archived Programs
Bullet Livestock Forage Program (LFP)
Bullet Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
Bullet Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE)
Bullet Tree Assistance Program (TAP)
Bullet Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP)
Bullet Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
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