Crop loss

Taking place now. Sign up for a new USDA disaster Assistance Program. Speaker2: Producers who experience losses covered by crop insurance or by Non Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program or Snap, can sign up for Supplemental Disaster Relief Program. Speaker1: Farm Service Agency Administrator Bill Bibb says eligible crop losses due to natural disasters apply to the 2023 and or 2024 crop seasons. Qualifying events include. Speaker2: Wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos. Excessive heat, tornadoes. Winter storms, freeze including a polar vortex, smoke exposure, excessive moisture, qualifying drought, and related conditions. Speaker1: He adds that for producers to qualify for drought related crop losses under SDR. Speaker2: The loss must have occurred in a county rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as to having a D2 for eight consecutive weeks or a D3 extreme drought or greater intensity during the applicable calendar year. Speaker1: In addition to in-person signups at local FSA offices. Speaker2: Fsa is launching a streamlined, pre-filled application process for eligible crop, tree and vine losses by leveraging the Non Crop Disaster Assistance Program and may indemnified loss data. The pre-filled applications were mailed on July the 9th. Speaker1: 16 billion with a B dollars in assistance is available through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program. While phase one of DRP is underway. Speaker2: Sometime this fall, we will be able to have the second stage of SDR, and that's going to cover the shallow losses the producers that were not covered with crop insurance, that had those losses but were not indemnified.