Updated ‘Farmers’ Guide to the Emergency Conservation Program’ Available

Farmers’ Legal Action Group (FLAG) announced that it has published a second edition of the Farmers’ Guide to the Emergency Conservation Program. This a USDA conservation-related disaster program run by the Farm Service Agency with assistance from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Through the Emergency Conservation Program, farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural producers can rehabilitate farmland and related infrastructure that is newly damaged by natural disasters; and conserve water for livestock, vineyards, and orchards in a drought emergency. This updated Guide provides an overview of the Program, and its Post-Disaster Tips subsection describes seven best practices for the weeks immediately after a disaster and at the outset of the application process.