Articles tagged under: disaster assistance
Documenting Loss: Key to Disaster Assistance
Published October 10, 2024
The Farm Service Agency has disaster programs available for those farmers and ranchers affected by the fires in western North Dakota. Documentation is necessary to utilize the assistance programs. “A picture is worth a thousand words so before you start…Crop Insurance Favored Over Ad Hoc Disaster Bills
Published June 28, 2023
According to House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, 80 percent of the money spent on agriculture over the last five years has been outside of the 2018 farm bill. That includes disaster relief, trade mitigation assistance and COVID money.…Burgum Puts In Disaster Request for ND
Published September 2, 2020
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has put in a request for a major presidential disaster declaration. This request comes as a result of high winds, hail and flash flooding that occurred from June 29 to July 1 in six counties.…Walz Proposes Disaster Assistance Funding
Published February 18, 2020
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has proposed state funding of $30 million to replenish the Disaster Assistance Contingency Account. This provides emergency assistance and speeds up the recovery process for communities across the state following a natural disaster. The account also…NDDOT Awarded Repair Funds
Published January 29, 2020
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $4.3 million to the North Dakota Department of Transportation to repair highways and roads damaged by flooding. The funds were made available after the presidential major disaster declaration approval.Perdue is Alert to Weather Challenges in the Northern Plains
Published January 22, 2020
Trade, the Market Facilitation Program and disaster assistance were just a few of the topics Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue addressed at the Farm Bureau convention in Austin, Texas. Perdue was asked if farmers could navigate 2020 without a new Market…Walz Issues Disaster Assistance for Five MN Counties
Published January 9, 2020
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has authorized state disaster assistance five counties that sustained heavy rains and flooding from September 20 to October 17, 2019. The funds will aid in recovery efforts for Carlton, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall and…Hoeven, Peterson Seeking Sugar Disaster Assistance
Published November 22, 2019
North Dakota Senator John Hoeven, Minnesota Representative Collin Peterson and American Crystal Sugar Company CEO Tom Astrup are calling on USDA to provide disaster funding to sugarbeet farmers and cooperatives. Farmers in the Red River Valley left approximately 118,000 acres…Thykeson: Disaster Programs Will Take Time, But Are Available
Published October 22, 2019
"It is evident that ranchers want hay in their feedyards and farmers want crops in the bin," says North Dakota Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Brad Thykeson, who attended the townhall meeting in Fessenden. At the townhall, Thykeson spoke…