The Farm Service Agency provides assistance for natural disaster losses, resulting from drought, flood, fire, freeze, tornadoes, pest infestation, and other calamities.

The Agricultural Act of 2014 indefinitely extended the following four disaster programs that were previously authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill. The programs are made retroactive to Oct. 1, 2011. To be eligible for disaster assistance programs under the 2014 Farm Bill, producers are no longer required to purchase crop insurance or NAP coverage, which was the risk management purchase mandate under the 2008 Farm Bill.

Livestock Forage Payments as of February 2, 2015 (XLS, 77 KB)

Livestock Indemnity Payments as of February 2, 2015 (XLS, 83 KB)

Livestock Forage Payments as of January 6, 2015 (XLS, 76 KB)

Livestock Indemnity Payments as of January 6, 2015 (XLS, 82 KB)

Livestock Forage Program Payments as of December 1, 2014 (XLS 80 KB)

Livestock Indemnity Program Payments as of December 1, 2014 (XLS 86 KB)

Livestock Forage Program Payments as of October 30, 2014 (XLS 80 KB)

Livestock Indemnity Program Payments as of October 30, 2014 (XLS 85 KB)

Livestock Forage Program Payments as of October 1, 2014 (XLS 73 KB)

Livestock Indemnity Program Payments as of October 1, 2014 (XLS 80 KB)

Livestock Forage Program Payments as of August 27, 2014 (XLS 72 KB)

Livestock Indemnity Program Payments as of August 27, 2014 (XLS 75 KB)

Livestock Forage Program Payments as of August 1, 2014 (XLS 71 KB)

Livestock Indemnity Program Payments as of August 1, 2014 (XLS 73 KB)

Livestock Forage Program Payments as of July 1, 2014 (XLS 49 KB)

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Livestock Forage Program Payments as of June 1, 2014 (XLS 45 KB)

Livestock Indemnity Program Payments as of June 1, 2014 (XLS 47 KB)

Livestock Forage Payments Average Dollars Per Outlay - Sept 23, 2014 (PDF, 692 KB)

Livestock Forage Payments Outlay Dollars - Sept 22, 2014 (PDF, 689 KB)

Livestock Forage Payments Outlay Count - National - Sept 23, 2014 (PDF, 687 KB)

Livestock Forage Payments Outlay Dollars - Oklahoma - Sept 23, 2014 (PDF, 357 KB)

Livestock Forage Payments Outlay Count - OK - Sept 23, 2014 (PDF, 354 KB)

Livestock Forage Payments Outlay Dollars - NE SD - Sept 23, 2014 (PDF, 308 KB)

Livestock Forage Payments Outlay Count - AZ NM - Sept 23, 2014 (PDF, 259 KB)

Livestock Indemnity Payments Outlay Dollars by State - Sept22, 2014 (PDF, 233 KB)

Livestock Indemnity Payments Outlay Dollar Upper Midwest – Sept 22, 2014 (PDF, 201 KB)

Livestock Forage Program (LFP): LFP provides compensation to eligible livestock producers that have suffered grazing losses due to drought or fire on land that is native or improved pastureland with permanent vegetative cover or that is planted specifically for grazing. For detailed LFP program information click this link.

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP): LIP provides benefits to livestock producers for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by adverse weather or by attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government. For detailed LIP program information please click this link.

Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP): ELAP provides emergency assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish for losses due to disease (including cattle tick fever), adverse weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires, not covered by LFP and LIP. For detailed ELAP program information click this link.

Tree Assistance Program (TAP): TAP provides financial assistance to qualifying orchardists and nursery tree growers to replant or rehabilitate eligible trees, bushes, and vines damaged by natural disasters. For detailed TAP program information click this link.

Based on Disaster Declarations USDA

Download Disaster Designation Maps in PDF File Format here:

Map shows designations across the country under USDA's amended rule. The faster, more efficient process will immediately expand assistance to more than 1,000 counties in 26 counties.

Download a list of designated Primary and Contiguous Counties in PDF File Format:

The Emergency Loan Program provides loans to help producers recover from production and physical losses due to drought, flooding, other natural disasters, or quarantine. Emergency loan data by state and fiscal year is provided here: click here (PDF, 82 KB, November 22, 2013).

The Disaster 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.

Disaster set-aside data by state and fiscal year is provided here: click here (PDF, 61 KB, November 22, 2013).

Assistance is available in counties, or contiguous counties, who have been designated as emergencies by the President, Secretary or FSA Administrator.

The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) provides assistance to producers if their land was damaged by a natural disaster and needs conservation practices.

The Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) provides assistance for crop losses when federal crop insurance is not available.

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