USDA Partners with FarmRaise to Offer Educational Tools and Resources to Promote Financial Access and Equity for Agricultural Producers
Disaster Assistance, and Farm Loan Resources Now Available Online
USDA Announces More Eligible Commodities for CFAP
Application Deadline Extended to Sept. 11, and Producers Who Have Approved Applications to Receive Final Payments
USDA to Allow Producers to Request Voluntary Termination of Conservation Reserve Program Contract
Contact:
Lynnette Wright
Lynnette.wright@usda.gov
USDA Announces Additional Flexibilities to Help Address Threats to Global Food Security
USDA Designates 4 Colorado Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
This Secretarial natural disaster designation 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.
Farm Service Agency County Committee Nominations Open June 15
#LeadYourFSA and be the Voice of Farmers in Your Community
Montana FSA: Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Natural Disasters
Physical loss loans 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.
State: Montana
Triggering Disaster Event 1: Blizzard, Excessive Snow, and High Winds that occurred during April 11 through April 25, 2022.
Dairy Producers in Washington Reminded to Enroll in 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage by April 29
TUALATIN, Oregon, April 16, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is encouraging dairy producers to enroll by April 29, 2024, for 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC), an important safety net program that helps offset milk and feed price differences. This year’s DMC signup began Feb. 28, 2024, and payments, retroactive to January, began in March 2024.
March Margin Triggers Dairy Margin Coverage Program Payment
Income-over-feed margin for March triggers first payment for 2020
USDA Names Appointees to the Michigan Farm Service Agency State Committee
Contact:
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
East Lansing, Mich., June 2, 2022- The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced appointees who will serve on the Michigan USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state committee.
USDA Reminds Producers of Climate-Smart Opportunities Using Farm Loan Programs
Washington, DC, April 30, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds agricultural producers that Farm Loan Programs can be used to support a variety of climate-smart agriculture practices, which build on many practices that farmers and ranchers already use, like cover cropping, nutrient management and conservation tillage.