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USDA Issues Second Economic Assistance Payment to Agricultural ProducersNews Release
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing a second Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) payment to eligible producers for the 2024 crop year. Of the authorized $10 billion in ECAP assistance, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) has already provided over $8 billion in payments to eligible producers to…
Trump Administration Appoints Ty Davis to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in ArkansasNews Release
WASHINGTON, September 25, 2025— The Trump Administration recently appointed Ty Davis as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Arkansas. Davis joined the Arkansas FSA team on May 5, 2025.“When America’s farming communities prosper, the entire nation thrives. This new group of USDA appointees will…
USDA Accepts Nearly 1.8 Million Acres Through 2025 Conservation Reserve Program EnrollmentNews Release
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced acceptance of 1.78 million acres into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) through 2025 General, Continuous, Grassland, and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program enrollments.According to USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), about 25.8 million acres are…
USDA to Provide $1 Billion to Flood and Wildfire-Impacted Livestock Producers News Release
WASHINGTON, September 12, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced eligible livestock producers will receive disaster recovery assistance through the Emergency Livestock Relief Program for 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire (ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW) to help offset increased supplemental feed costs due to a qualifying…
Using the Farm Storage Facility Loan Program to Expand On-Farm StorageSuccess Story
For a quarter century, family-owned agricultural operations have received low-interest financing through USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) Farm Storage Facility Loan Program (FSFL) to enhance their operations through on-farm storage solutions. Milton Arnett in Green County, Kentucky, has leveraged FSA’s farm storage program to expand his…
Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 9 Counties in Arkansas as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Storms and TornadoesEmergency Designation
This Presidential disaster declaration 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…
Producers and Landowners Can Now Enroll in USDA's Grassland Conservation Reserve Program News Release
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can now enroll in the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (Grassland CRP). The sign-up runs from today, July 14, to Aug. 8, 2025. Grassland CRP, offered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), is a voluntary…
La administración Trump anuncia la agilización de la asistencia por desastres para agricultores, conforme al mandato del CongresoNews Release
English - Washington, DC, 9 de julio de 2025. La secretaria de agricultura de los Estados Unidos, Brooke L. Rollins, anunció hoy que los productores agrícolas que sufrieron pérdidas de cultivos elegibles debido a desastres naturales en 2023 y 2024 ya pueden solicitar $16 mil millones en asistencia a través del Programa…
Trump Administration Announces Expedited Congressionally Mandated Disaster Assistance for FarmersNews Release
En Espanol - Washington, D.C., July 9, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today that agricultural producers who suffered eligible crop losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can now apply for $16 billion in assistance through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP).To expedite the…
USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Natural DisastersEmergency Designation
Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) 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…