natural disaster

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins surveyed damage from natural disasters and met with U.S. Forest Service members in western North Carolina late last week.  Recent wildfires and hurricanes have caused significant destruction throughout the region.  Du...

At the 2023 National Association of State Departments of Agriculture annual meeting, NASDA members adopted policy to protect farmers’ right to farm, fixing federal disaster relief, advocate for clear labeling on cell-based meat products, and agriculture apprenticeship programs.

The USDA says they've rolled out a new emergency relief program intended to help commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disasters in 2020 and 2021. "We anticipate and expect that roughly 220,000 producers who had crop insurance losses and roughly 4000 producers who had nap coverage may benefit from this relief announcement ...

The USDA announced this week sign-up for the Quality Loss Adjustment Program is now open. Funded by the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, the program provides assistance to producers who suffered eligible crop quality losses due to natural disasters occurring in 2018 and 2019 ...

While it took longer than the USDA would like, disaster assistance is finally here for farmers hurt by natural disasters over the last three years.  Those are the word from USDA head Sonny Perdue who recently spoke with Gary Crawford.     If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

Much of the West saw wildfires or other disasters over the summer and that Natural Resources Conservation Service is reminding landowners that they might be able to help.   NRCS’ Aston Boozer said one such program is Environmental Quality Incentives Program which is being used by California residents to receive funding to recover from wildfires.   “...

On Friday, Kansas Senator Jerry Moran and Kansas Representative Roger Marshall introduced legislation to reform and improve livestock disaster programs that ranchers rely on in times of disaster.  The new legislation contains four bills that would make changes to the Farm Service Agency’s Livestock Indemnity Program and the Emergency Conservation Program.   The Ka...

With hurricanes battering the East Coast and the South and wildfires through the Western half of the U.S., it’s important to be prepared for a natural disaster, but what do you need to know financially?   Lori Scharmer of North Dakota State University Extensions said the first thing you need to do is to make sure you check your insurance.   “...

Natural disasters are usually unexpected and can send ranchers scrambling to save and feed their flocks and herds.   WSU Animal Sciences Graduate Student Eli Walker said it’s critical to do as much as possible to keep feed as consistent and normal as possible.   “...