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Specialty Crop Growers Seek Relief Package

Published July 25, 2026

From the organization's summer conference in Detroit, National Potato Council CEO Kam Quarles said lawmakers are focused on additional aid, the farm bill and trade issues like the upcoming USMCA review. Quarles said funding must be delivered through USDA programs…

Discretion Will be Given

Published October 12, 2024

Documenting the losses from the wildfires is important, but FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux said discretion will be taken. "Whatever records a producer has, we will work with them to try to make sure they get the assistance they need.” Ducheneaux…

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…

Articles tagged under: disaster assistance

Specialty Crop Growers Seek Relief Package

Discretion Will be Given

Documenting Loss: Key to Disaster Assistance

Crop Insurance Favored Over Ad Hoc Disaster Bills

Burgum Puts In Disaster Request for ND

Walz Proposes Disaster Assistance Funding

NDDOT Awarded Repair Funds

Perdue is Alert to Weather Challenges in the Northern Plains

Walz Issues Disaster Assistance for Five MN Counties

Hoeven, Peterson Seeking Sugar Disaster Assistance

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