Daniels County producers may be eligible for drought assistance Jamie Zumbuhl, executive director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency in Daniels County reminds farmers and ranchers that are affected by the recent drought that disaster assistance programs are available.
Irrigated acres used for grazing or aftermath grazing are not eligible under this program," said Zumbuhl.
Livestock producers may also be eligible for assistance through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program, which covers the additional cost of transporting water to eligible livestock and losses that are not covered under other disaster assistance programs.
This program is available by producer request.
The LFP application and supporting documentation must be submitted by Jan. 30, 2018.
Supporting documents may include information on grazing leases, federal grazing permits, contract grower agreements, and more.
2, or go online at disaster.fsa.usda.gov.
As such, Perdue is authorizing emergency grazing of CRP for nay county in which any part of its border lies within 150 miles of a county approved for emergency grazing of CRP.
In addition, the USDA will allow CRP contract holders who hay their acreage according to their mid-management conservation plan to donate their hay to livestock producers.
Emergency haying is not authorized at this time.