USDA Announces Disaster Assistance for Farmers

USDA announced that agricultural producers who suffered eligible crop losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can now apply for $16 billion in assistance through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP). USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is delivering assistance in two stages. The first stage is open to producers with eligible crop, tree, and vine losses losses that received assistance under crop insurance or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program during 2023 and 2024. Stage One sign up will start in person at FSA county offices on July 10, 2025 and prefilled applications are being mailed to producers. SDRP Stage Two signups for eligible shallow or uncovered losses will begin in early fall.