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USDA to Issue $1.3 Billion to Specialty Crop Producers Through Second Marketing Assistance Program PaymentNews Release
College Station, T.X., April 29, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced a second round of payments coming this week for specialty crop producers through the Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program, providing up to $1.3 billion in additional program assistance. U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)…
USDA Designates New Mexico as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for DroughtEmergency Designation
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…
USDA Designates Utah as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for DroughtEmergency Designation
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…
USDA Designates Nevada as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for DroughtEmergency Designation
USDA Designates Nevada as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for DroughtThis 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…
USDA Designates New Mexico as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for DroughtEmergency Designation
USDA Designates New Mexico as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for DroughtThis 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…
USDA Designates California as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for DroughtEmergency Designation
USDA Designates California as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for DroughtThis 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…
USDA Designates Utah as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for DroughtEmergency Designation
USDA Designates Utah as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for DroughtThis 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…
USDA Designates Arizona as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for DroughtEmergency Designation
USDA Designates Arizona as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for DroughtThis 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…
USDA Expediting $10 Billion in Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural ProducersNews Release
WASHINGTON, March 18, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, on National Agriculture Day, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing up to $10 billion directly to agricultural producers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) for the 2024 crop year. Administered by USDA’s Farm Service…