Disaster Relief Timeline Outlined

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the timeline for releasing the disaster assistance approved by Congress at the end of last year. Payments for USDA’s Emergency Livestock Relief Program, which covers drought and wildfire-related losses, will start being made at the end of this month. The final rule for Supplemental Disaster Relief, previously known as an indemnified loss, will be made public July 3 and signup will begin July 7. The Emergency Livestock Relief Program for flood-related losses will be finalized in mid August and the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program for uncovered losses will be made public in mid-September. USDA has a new online landing page with details on its disaster relief.