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Trump Administration Announces Expedited Congressionally Mandated Disaster Assistance for FarmersNews Release
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 implementation of SDRP,…
Nominations Now Open for Farmers and Ranchers to Serve on USDA Farm Service Agency County CommitteesNews Release
WASHINGTON, June 16, 2025 – Nominations are now being accepted for farmers and ranchers to serve on local U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees. These committees make important decisions about how federal farm programs are administered locally. All nomination forms for the 2025 election must be…
USDA Extends Emergency Conservation and Emergency Forest Restoration Assistance Deadline for Hurricane Recovery in PennsylvaniaNews Release
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 12, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Pennsylvania extended the deadline for two critical hurricane recovery programs. The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) provides cost-share and technical assistance to producers to restore farmland to pre-disaster conditions and the…
USDA Designates 3 Maryland Counties as Natural Disaster Areas - 6 Contiguous Pennsylvania Counties Also Eligible for AssistanceEmergency 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 such…
USDA Designates Montgomery County Pennsylvania as Natural Disaster Area - 6 Contiguous Pennsylvania Counties Also Eligible for AssistanceEmergency 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 Reminds Pennsylvania Producers to File Crop Acreage ReportsNews Release
(Harrisburg, PA), June 9, 2025 – After spring planting is complete, agricultural producers in Pennsylvania should make an appointment with their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office to complete crop acreage reports before the applicable deadline.“In order to receive many USDA program benefits, producers should file an accurate crop…
Trump Administration Appoints Richard Ebert to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in PennsylvaniaNews Release
Trump Administration Appoints Richard Ebert to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in PennsylvaniaWASHINGTON, June 9, 2025— The Trump Administration recently appointed Richard Ebert as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Pennsylvania. Ebert joined the Pennsylvania FSA team…
Celebrating 25 Years of USDA’s Farm Storage Facility Loan ProgramSuccess Story
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is celebrating 25 years of the agency’s popular Farm Storage Facility Loan Program (FSFL) this month. For a quarter century, family-owned agricultural operations have received low-interest financing through the program to enhance or expand their operations and manage marketing of the commodities they produce by…
USDA Designates 3 Maryland Counties as Natural Disaster Areas 2 Contiguous Pennsylvania Counties Also Eligible for AssistanceEmergency 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 to Open General and Continuous Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment for 2025News Release
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced several Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) enrollment opportunities for agricultural producers and landowners. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting offers for both the General and Continuous CRP beginning today through June 6, 2025. CRP,…