Source: Jacqui Fatka, FARM PROGRESS, 3/31/22


With the anticipated widespread drought and wildfire losses experienced in 2021, USDA says over 100,000 livestock producers can be expecting an estimated $670 million in assistance in the early days of April as the agency plans to send out the first phase of disaster payments under the new Emergency Livestock Relief Program. On Sept. 30, 2021, President Biden signed into law the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act. This act included $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.

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