disaster assistance

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...

House Democrats included billions for Ag disaster aid in their stop-gap government funding bill that passed on a party-line vote Wednesday, but that now faces a Senate GOP filibuster over its debt limit hike. The stop-gap spending bill would prevent a government shutdown October 1st, despite the inclusion of billions of dollars for farm country and other disasters ...

The Senate Ag Appropriations Committee approved a $25.85 billion fiscal-year 2022 bill for the Agriculture Department and related agencies, including $7 billion in disaster aid. Subcommittee Chair Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin said the bipartisan legislation is a product of Democrats and Republicans working together to support a stronger and more resilient ag economy that works for farmers, ranchers,

The Small Business Administration announced this week that Ag businesses are now eligible for the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans and EIDL Advance programs. The EIDL portal has been closed since April 15th, however, the Agency reopened the portal in a limited capacity this week. SBA ...

On Friday, Senators Maria Cantwell, Patty Murray and Representative Dan Newhouse as well as the rest of the Washington congressional delegation called on the USDA to declare a federal agriculture disaster for 12 counties.  The lawmakers called on Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue to declare counties where crops were damaged or destroyed by unseasonably cold weather.  ...