Help for Ranchers Affected by WildFire

Help for Ranchers Affected by WildFire

As of Friday, there were about 15 different fires burning throughout Washington and Oregon and both states have declared states of emergency. There are several different programs through the Farm Service Agency available for affected ranchers.
USDA Washington State Farm Service Agency’s Executive Director Judy Olson says it is important for affected livestock producers to go to their local Farm Service Agency office.
Olson: “We do have a deadline or a fairly hard deadline. Producers are suppose to report losses or the fact that they think they have losses in 30 days or 30 days from when they know they have losses. We are urging any affected producer to go to their local FSA office and report they believe they have a loss or they know they have a loss. Then we will work with them to identify what kind of documentation they need. We’ve developed a fairly large checklist that would be helpful to them. They can take that out when they are looking for their cattle or livestock or examining the magnitude of the damage to their fences or when trying to figure out whether they have enough hay or grazing pasture or hay for the rest of the year. So they should report a loss — they don’t have to quantify it — at that first meeting.”

 

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