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USDA News Release<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020 and 2021 will soon begin receiving emergency relief payments totaling approximately $6 billion through the Farm Service Agency\u2019s (FSA) new Emergency Relief Program (ERP)<\/a> to offset crop yield and value losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor over two years, farmers and ranchers across the country have been hard hit by an ongoing pandemic coupled with more frequent and catastrophic natural disasters,\u201d said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. \u201cAs the agriculture industry deals with new challenges and stressors, we at USDA look for opportunities to inject financial support back into the rural economy through direct payments to producers who bear the brunt of circumstances beyond their control. These emergency relief payments will help offset the significant crop losses due to major weather events in 2020 and 2021 and help ensure farming operations are viable this crop year, into the next growing season and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On September 30, 2021, President Biden signed into law the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act<\/em> (P.L. 117-43), which includes $10 billion in assistance to agricultural producers impacted by wildfires, droughts, hurricanes, winter storms, and other eligible disasters experienced during calendar years 2020 and 2021. FSA recently made payments to ranchers impacted by drought and wildfire through the first phase of the Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP). ERP is another relief component of the Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For impacted producers, existing Federal Crop Insurance<\/a> or Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program<\/a> (NAP) data is the basis for calculating initial payments. USDA estimates that phase one ERP benefits will reach more than 220,000 producers who received indemnities for losses covered by federal crop insurance and more than 4,000 producers who obtained NAP coverage for 2020 and 2021 crop losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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