disaster assistance

The USDA will issue a second Emergency Commodity Assistance Program payment to eligible producers for the 2024 crop year.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins told the House Ag Committee this week that economic assistance checks have gone out the door to more than half a million farmers in record time.  Rollins told lawmakers that USDA has moved swiftly to get Emergency Commodity Assistance checks, which Congress approved back in December, out to producers.   “...

On National Ag Day, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said the agency is issuing up to $10 billion directly to ag producers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program for the 2024 crop year.  ECAP Rollins said will help agricultural producers mitigate the impacts of increased input costs and falling commodity prices.   “...

This weekend at Commodity Classic in Denver, CO, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins provided more details about the economic and emergency relief program for farmers, which is now called the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program, or ECAP...

The cattle industry was hit very hard by the 2024 wildfires across Oregon, with producers losing grazing opportunities, livestock, fences and in some cases homes.  To try to help producers pick up the pieces and move forward, the Oregon Cattle Association set up a wildfire assistance fund.   “...

While there’s not much, there is still time for producers suffering losses last year due to specific disasters and adverse conditions to apply for USDA's Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm Raised Fish Program, better known as ELAP.  Far...

Researchers are still projecting negative returns for grain producers even after assistance from Washington D.C., highlighting the extent of the downturn in the agricultural industry.  American farmers and ranchers have access to $10 billion in economic aid as part of the Farm Bill extension passed at the end of 2024 to offset broad income declines.  However...

The American Farm Bureau was mounting an 11th-hour pressure campaign to get billions of dollars in economic farm aid in a massive stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown this week.   “It is not acceptable for Congress to tie up their business at the end of the year and not recognize the need for, not just disaster assistance but economic assistance,” noted AFBF President Zippy Duvall.

Farm operations in Oregon have been significantly impacted by recent wildfires.  To help, the NRCS-Oregon technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers recover from these wildfire events.   A total of $2 million of FY24 funds have newly been made available to support producers in wildfire recovery. Producer...

The Oregon Farm Bureau continues to work to help producers impacted by ongoing wildfires.  Farm Bureau estimates that more than a half million acres of grazing land have burned to this point.   “We are taking monetary donations through our website," said OFB President Angi Bailey.  "We are also takin...