The 2024 sign-up period for the Organic Certification Cost Share Program is now open! This cost-share program helps organic producers and handlers by covering up to 75% of organic certification costs at a maximum of $750 per certification category:
FSA county offices will be open 12/26-12/28 during the partial government shutdown. Please call your local office before making the trip. More information:
Were you impacted by the recent winter storms?
@USDA
offers programs that can help you recover. Also, we remind impacted producers to report losses. Learn more:
Winter storms create significant challenges and often result in catastrophic loss for agricultural producers, especially for those raising livestock, row crops, and vulnerable crops like citrus. .
@USDA
offers several programs to help with recovery:
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@usda
will make $2 million available to establish partnerships with organizations to provide outreach and technical assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
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@USDA
announced the availability of $2 million to establish partnerships with organizations to provide outreach and technical assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
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@USDA
has issued more than $1.77 Billion this year to producers and landowners through CRP. The program has grown 20%+ in terms of acres enrolled and is a critical piece of USDA’s efforts to support
#climatesmart
ag and forestry on working lands.
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@USDA
has set a 7/23/21 deadline for ag producers and landowners to apply for CRP General signup and will accept applications for CRP Grasslands from 7/12 to 8/20.
@USDA
has also created a more targeted focus on CRP’s role in climate change mitigation.
There’s one month left to apply for
@USDA
’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2. Applications must be received by December 11. Learn more about how you can apply.
#CFAP
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@USDA
is updating the Conservation Reserve Program to have higher payment rates, new incentives, and a more targeted focus on the program’s role in climate change mitigation. Learn more:
Today’s youth are tomorrow’s farmers and ranchers! We make loans to youth to establish and operate agricultural income-producing projects in connection with 4-H clubs, FFA, and other agricultural groups.
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@USDA
has accepted 2.8 million acres in offers from agricultural producers and private landowners for enrollment into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in 2021. Learn more:
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@USDA
is actively working to establish a process for providing assistance to former borrowers that are socially disadvantaged based on race and ethnicity. Explore the American Rescue Plan Debt Payments FAQ:
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@USDA
’s Grassland CRP is an important conservation win-win to producers and the environment by enabling grazing activities, while at the same time promoting good wildlife habitat and forage. Signup is open from April 4 to May 13.
Is your operation affected by drought?
@USDA
offers a suite of programs that help with recovery as well as those that can help you manage risk and build resilience on your operation.
Agricultural producers and landowners can submit offers through July 23 to protect fragile land through Conservation Reserve Program’s current signup. Contact your local FSA office. Learn more:
The Conservation Reserve Program puts producers at the center of climate-smart solutions that generate revenue and benefit the planet. General CRP signup begins Jan. 31 and Grasslands CRP signup starts on April 4.
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@USDA
‘s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) turns 35 tomorrow, 12/23. As one of the nation’s largest conservation programs, it's helped prevent more than 9 billion tons of soil from eroding and created more than 3 million acres of restored wetlands.
Today’s youth are tomorrow’s farmers and ranchers! We make loans to youth to establish and operate agricultural income-producing projects in connection with 4-H clubs, FFA, and other agricultural groups.
Yesterday, FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce got a bird’s eye view of flooding in mid-Missouri. FSA offers disaster assistance to help impacted farmers recover. Learn more at .
Two weeks left to apply for
@USDA
’s
#CFAP
. Applications will be accepted through September 11 for direct support to farmers & ranchers impacted by
#COVID19
.
Don't risk your 2019 crop year eligibility... Contact
@usdafsa
now to for an appointment to enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) for the 2019 crop.
$6 billion in emergency relief to go to agricultural producers soon to help offset impacts from frequent and catastrophic natural disasters in 2020 and 2021.
Agricultural producers and private landowners interested in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) can sign up for the popular program beginning today, Jan. 4, 2021, until Feb. 12, 2021.
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@USDA
is extending the deadline to Apr. 9 for
#ag
producers to apply for the Quality Loss Adjustment Program because of recent winter storms and some clarifications to program rules.
The Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program provides emergency assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish. Learn more about livestock assistance here:
FSA has strengthened its outreach commitment by assigning outreach coordinators in all 51 states/territory offices and each of our 2,124 county offices nationwide. Find your state outreach coordinator here:
UPDATE: dairy producers have an extra week to sign up for the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program. Don’t leave money on the table and sign up by Sept. 27.
Specialty crop producers – join us tomorrow at 3 p.m. EDT for a webinar to learn more about
@USDA
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. Learn more:
#CFAP
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@USDA
announced the temporary suspension of past-due debt collections and foreclosures for distressed borrowers under the Farm Storage Facility Loan and the Direct Farm Loan programs. Read more:
Once signup begins (5/26) for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, the payment calculator & application will be available on . Here’s a preview of how to use the payment calculator:
#CFAP
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@USDA
reminds ranchers and livestock producers that the deadline to apply for financial assistance through the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) for 2021 grazing losses due to drought is 1/31/22
For producers in Nebraska – If the recent abnormally cold, wet weather impacted your
#livestock
operation, file a notice of loss by April 29 for assistance through the Livestock Indemnity Program.
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@USDA
accepted more than 3.1 million acres into this year’s Grassland CRP signup - the largest signup in the program’s history! But it’s not too late for you to participate. Learn more:
FSA is accepting applications for the Quality Loss Adjustment Program through Apr. 9. The program provides financial assistance to crop producers who experienced quality losses caused by qualifying disaster events.
Calling all
@4H
&
@NationalFFA
students – let us finance your ag projects with our Youth Loan! Up to $5,000 to buy livestock, seed, equipment & supplies.
Due to extensive impacts from weather events this year,
@usda
has extended the deadline to enroll in the Dairy Margin Coverage program to December 20, 2019.
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@USDA
announced the availability of up to $2mil for local governments to host Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction pilot projects for fiscal year 2021.
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@USDA
today announced the 2021 signup periods for general Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and CRP Grasslands offers. General signup runs from January 4, 2021 to February 12, 2012; signup for CRP Grasslands runs from March 15, 2021 to April 23, 2021.
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@USDA
announces aquaculture disaster assistance policy change. Beginning June 1, producers of fish raised for food can now request Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) assistance for 2021 losses.
Signup is open for Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) and the new Supplemental Dairy Margin Coverage program (SDMC) from Dec. 13, 2021, through Feb. 18, 2022. Producers must complete SDMC before enrolling in DMC 2022. Learn more:
Farmers, the road to 2020 safety-net program enrollment ends on June 30! Enroll NOW in the Agriculture Risk Coverage & Price Loss Coverage programs for the 2020 crop year.
If you’re going organic, we want to help. Apply before Oct 31, and FSA will cover up to 75% of the cost of organic certification. Learn more:
#OrganicAg
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@USDA
announces $800 million in block grants to 3 southeast states for farmers and livestock producers impacted by Hurricanes Michael and Florence – part of $3 billion package to help producers nationwide recover from 2018 and 2019 natural disasters.
Today’s youth are tomorrow’s farmers and ranchers! We make loans to youth to establish and operate agricultural income-producing projects in connection with 4-H clubs, FFA, and other agricultural groups.
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@USDA
will open enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) with higher payment rates, new incentives, and a more targeted focus on the program’s role in climate change mitigation. More:
Help us serve you better by nominating yourself or someone you respect to work with us on your County Committee. Elected members will receive a stipend and travel reimbursement. Don’t delay – nominations are due by August 2.
#LeadYourFSA
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@usdafsa
will host a Coronavirus Food Assistance Program webinar focused on dairy and non-specialty crop producers on Thursday, June 11 at 3 p.m. EDT. Register now:
#CFAP
A streamlined authorization process for emergency haying and grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program acres means
#livestock
producers will be able to quickly access much needed
#forage
during eligible
#drought
conditions.
Starting July 6, farmers and landowners can enroll in CLEAR30 – a new pilot program offering an opportunity to participate in a 30-year Conservation Reserve Program contract. Commit to
#conservation
with us:
We just launched an online tool to help producers with the farm loan application process. It’ll help ensure all farm loan applicants get equal support and have a consistent customer experience with
@USDA
. Check it out here:
#Dairy
producers looking at future Dairy Margin Coverage options: the Jan. 2019 margin has been announced at $7.99. Producers with appropriate coverage could receive a payment.
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@USDA
announces it will expand its work on wildlife conservation by investing at least $500 million over the next five years and by leveraging all available conservation programs. Details: