The payments totaling $6 billion through the Farm Service Agency’s Emergency Relief Program will be doled out to offset crop and yield value losses.

The USDA is now accepting disaster assistance program applications from farmers who suffered livestock, honey bee, farm-raised fish, and other losses. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is reopening the application period for two disaster assistance programs in response to statutory changes made by Congress earlier this year. “When disasters hit, help is as close as […]