Articles tagged under: Emergency Relief Program

ERP Payments Recapped

Published September 30, 2024

The Farm Service Agency paid out $2 billion of the $3.7 billion allocation under the Emergency Relief Program for 2022. According to a new dashboard detailing the ERP payments, Texas received the most money at $447 million. In this region,…

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Additional ERP Payment Being Made

Published February 7, 2024

USDA is issuing the final Emergency Relief Program payments for crop losses in 2020 and 2021. The first round of payments was made with a 75 percent payment factor. Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux says additional assistance is on…

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ERP Payment Methodology Criticized

Published December 6, 2023

Nearly 70 Republican lawmakers have signed off on a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack voicing their disappointment in the methodology used to calculate payments for the 2022 Emergency Relief Program. The ERP program provided farmers with more than 75…

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Concern Over ERP 2022

Published November 20, 2023

A coalition of 140 farm groups has sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack about two new provisions to the Emergency Relief Program. The concerns deal with a progressive payment factor used to prorate payments and the methold used…

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‘Strange Politics’ at Work for New Version of ERP

Published November 2, 2023

Combest Sell and Associates Managing Partner Tom Sell says the new Emergency Relief Program is a complete departure from previous disaster programs, restricting assistance to full time farmers and ranchers. "This progressive payment factor is the real threat and no…

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Progressive Payment Factor Added to ’22 ERP Payments

Published November 1, 2023

USDA has made some changes with its approach to the Emergency Relief Program for 2022. Like payment limits, a progressive payment factor will be applied to the assistance payment. For example, a farmer with a calculated loss of $100,000 in…

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Livestock Assistance May Not be Needed This Year

Published June 16, 2023

North Dakota State Farm Service Agency Executive Director Marcy Svenningsen is optimistic this could be the year where no emergency relief programs are needed. "The Livestock Forage Program is triggered by drought and thankfully, if you look at the drought…

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ERP Phase II Gets an Update

Published June 15, 2023

USDA is updating the second phase of the Emergency Relief Program. It provides a system for valuing losses and accessing program benefits for forage that is grown, stored and fed to livestock, but does not generate revenue from the sale…

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Phase II ERP Methodology Questioned

Published March 6, 2023

A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Minnesota Representative Michelle Fischbach, sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack about the way Phase II of the Emergency Relief Program is being handled. Unlike Phase I, the letter says the new methodology…

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ERP Phase 2 Coverage Differs From First Round

Published January 27, 2023

The Emergency Relief Program Phase Two covers shallow losses not accounted for under Phase One. North Dakota Farm Service Agency Executive Director Marcy Svenningsen says farmers should note that the second phase is being based off of revenue and not…

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