USDA updated farmers and ranchers about the upcoming disaster assistance for 2020 and 2021 during the Cattle Industry Convention in Houston, Texas. The $10 billion in disaster relief passed in a continuing resolution last September includes $750 million specifically for livestock producers. The first phase of this drought assistance will use the Livestock Forage Disaster Program to provide up to 60 percent of replacement feed costs. “That will be the first phase and then in the next phase we’ll do a more comprehensive examination of the need and try to identify any gaps that we missed in the first round of payments,” said Zach Ducheneaux, administrator, Farm Service Agency. USDA now expects the payments to start going out in March. Read more.
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