USDA to provide $1 billion to flood and wildfire-impacted livestock producers
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Eligible livestock producers will receive disaster recovery assistance through the Emergency Livestock Relief Program for 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire to help offset increased supplemental feed costs due to a qualifying flood or qualifying wildfire in calendar years 2023 and 2024.
The program is expected to provide approximately $1 billion in recovery benefits. Sign-up is currently underway. Livestock producers have until Oct. 31, 2025, to apply for assistance.
To streamline program delivery, the USDA Farm Service Agency has determined eligible counties with qualifying floods and qualifying wildfires in 2023 and 2024. For losses in these counties, livestock producers are not required to submit supporting documentation for floods or wildfires. A list of approved counties is available at fsa.usda.gov/elrp.
Eligible producers can receive up to 60% of one month of calculated feed costs for a qualifying wildfire or three months for a qualifying flood using the same monthly feed cost calculation that is used for LFP.
Contact your local FSA county office for more information.