Ag Assistance Applications and Tariff Town Halls
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Ag 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.
Assistance from the Farm Service Agency is coming in two stages.
This first is open to producers with eligible crop losses who received assistance under crop insurance or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.
Stage Two sign-ups for eligible losses begin in early Fall.
**The Center for the Environment and Welfare applauded the
Trump administration’s lawsuit filed last week to nullify onerous California regulations driving up food prices nationwide.
The filing takes aim at three California laws, including Proposition 12, dictating farming practices for eggs and pork.
Prop 12 forces farmers around the country to adopt California’s radical production standards while prohibiting veterinarian-approved animal husbandry practices.
The Center says the laws were pushed by radical animal activists.
**Farmers for Free Trade has been on the road this summer holding events called Tariff Town Halls.
The events brought together farmers, business leaders, economists, and trade experts to spotlight how newly-imposed tariffs are already harming the communities that grow and make American-made products that power local economies and are in demand around the world.
At each stop, farmers and experts shared new data, on-the-ground stories, and growing urgency.
