USDA Adds Digital Options for Farmers and Ranchers to Apply for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
Online portal, e-signature tool enable producers to apply from anywhere
Dairy Producers Can Now Enroll for 2023 Signup for Dairy Margin Coverage
Contact:
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
Protect Your Operation from Ups and Downs in the Market
USDA to Open Signup March 16 for Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands
Bangor, ME March 5, 2020 – Farmers and ranchers may apply to enroll grasslands in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands signup beginning March 16. The signup runs through May 15.
USDA Provides Payments of nearly $800 Million in Assistance to Help Keep Farmers Farming
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Immediate Help for Over 13,000 Distressed USDA Farm Loan Borrowers; Begins Process to Provide up to $500 Million More for Up to 23,000 Additional Borrowers
Dairy Producers Can Now Enroll for 2023 Signup for Dairy Margin Coverage
Contact:
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
Protect Your Operation from Ups and Downs in the Market
USDA Provides Payments of nearly $800 Million in Assistance to Help Keep Farmers Farming
WASHINGTON, October 18, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that distressed borrowers with qualifying USDA farm loans have already received nearly $800 million in assistance, as part of the $3.1 billion in assistance for distressed farm loan borrowers provided through Section 22006 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA directed USDA to expedite assistance to distressed borrowers of direct or guaranteed loans administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) whose operations face financial risk.
USDA Announces Six More Farm Service Agency County Committees for Urban Agriculture, Requests Nominations
Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced six additional locations for Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees focused exclusively on urban agriculture.
Farmers Can Now Make 2023 Crop Year Elections, Enroll in Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs
Contact:
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
Payments Issuing to Producers of 2021 Crops Triggering Safety-Net Program Payments