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June 2 Deadline For Relief Payments For Past Disasters

Those whose farm production and income suffered due to natural disasters in 2020 and 2021?could potentially receive a payment from the US Department of Agriculture to alleviate the losses through a new program,?Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase 2 [ [link removed] ]. The deadline for applications is June 2.?

The Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase 2 is a program?that relies on tax and financial records to calculate the losses a farmer experienced because of a natural disaster. ERP provides assistance for crop losses due to *certain qualifying disaster events that occurred in calendar years 2020 and 2021*. Eligible commodities include crops, trees, bushes, and vines and excludes livestock, livestock by-products (i.e. dairy), timber, and crops for grazing.?

The list of qualifying disaster events:


* Qualifying Drought
* Derecho
* Excessive Heat
* Excessive Moisture
* Flooding
* Freeze
* Named Hurricanes ? and excessive wind, storm surges, and tornadoes as a result of hurricanes
* Smoke exposure
* Wildfire
* Winter storm

RAFI (the Rural Advancement Foundation International) has written?a?blog post [ [link removed] ]?outlining the program, eligibility, application requirements, payments, etc.

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