USDA has initiated sign-up for the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program at local Farm Service Agency offices. A total of just over $16 billion will be available for this program, with funding derived ...

Congress engaged in a nasty tug-of-war over government funding Thursday that pinned disaster relief and farm provisions at the center of all the chaos. A day after President-elect Donald Trump and his ...

Largely driven by a surge in disaster and economic government assistance, USDA’s latest farm income forecast projects a significant but misleading rebound in net farm income for 2025, rising to $180.1 ...

Here in Iowa, tornadoes and other severe weather storms can decimate an area in no time. The same is true for much of the country- in fact, data shows that ...

Livestock producers who lose unborn animals to weather-related disasters would qualify for aid through the Livestock Indemnity Program under a farm bill proposal that two Texas lawmakers are ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 3, 2024) Environmental advocates continue to raise concerns about the Farm Bill (H.R.8467—Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024) that emerged from the House ...

Climate disasters are no longer just destroying crops—they’re disrupting the entire U.S. food supply chain. From record ...

The Disaster Relief for Farm Workers Act would provide compensation to farmworkers who lose out on wages due to disasters. A new piece of legislation has been introduced that would provide ...

Ten Montana counties have been designated as primary natural disaster areas due to drought, making farmers eligible for USDA ...

The Agriculture Department said it’s taking applications for a second round of Biden-era funding to help farmers hit by natural disasters. The Agriculture Department is taking a second round of ...

Every year around February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture comes out with their projection for on-farm income for the year. While the past year was a turbulent one for farmers, this year is ...

Recently, a Midwestern farm newspaper editor wrote me: "We have a lot of people in our area who were hit by tornadoes, or know people who were. How do we cope emotionally with loss of homes, farms, ...