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FARM BILL<br />
the disaster event.<br />
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)<br />
offers payments to eligible producers for<br />
livestock death losses in excess of normal<br />
mortality due to adverse weather, disease<br />
and attacks by animals reintroduced into<br />
the wild by the federal government or protected<br />
by federal law. In addition to timely<br />
filing a notice of loss, you must also submit<br />
an application for payment for calendar<br />
year 2023 losses. Contact your local FSA<br />
office for the deadline.<br />
Emergency Assistance for Livestock,<br />
Honeybee and Farm-raised Fish Program<br />
(ELAP) reimburses producers for a<br />
portion of the value of livestock, poultry<br />
and other animals that died as a result of a<br />
qualifying natural disaster event– like these<br />
winter storms – or for loss of grazing acres,<br />
feed and forage. To participate in ELAP,<br />
producers are required to complete a notice<br />
of loss to their local FSA no later than<br />
within 30 days of the end of the calendar<br />
year following the disaster event.<br />
Tree Assistance Program (TAP) – provides<br />
assistance to eligible orchardists &<br />
nursery tree growers for qualifying tree,<br />
shrub and vine losses due to natural disasters<br />
including excessive wind and qualifying<br />
drought. For TAP, you will need to file<br />
a program application within 90 days of<br />
the eligible disaster event or the date when<br />
the loss of the trees, bushes, or vines is<br />
apparent.<br />
Emergency Loan Program available<br />
to producers with agriculture operations<br />
located in a county under a primary or<br />
contiguous Administrative, Secretarial,<br />
and/or Presidential Disaster designation.<br />
Emergency loans help you recover from<br />
production and physical losses due to<br />
drought, flooding and other natural disasters<br />
or quarantine. These low interest loans<br />
help producers recover from production<br />
and physical losses. Please contact your<br />
local FSA County Farm Loan Team for<br />
more information on this and other FSA<br />
Farm Loan programs.<br />
Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance<br />
Program (NAP) provides financial<br />
assistance to producers of non-insurable<br />
crops when low yields, loss of inventory,<br />
or prevented planting occur due to natural<br />
disasters including qualifying drought<br />
(includes native grass for grazing). If<br />
interested, eligible spring crop application<br />
deadline is March 15, 2024.<br />
In closing, winter weather has shown<br />
us this past month, you may be unable to<br />
visit the office to complete necessary FSA<br />
business. FSA staff may assist in obtaining<br />
electronic signatures on applications using<br />
Box/Onespan software. By visiting www.<br />
farmers.gov customers may establish a<br />
USDA customer account and a USDA<br />
Level 2 eAuthentication (“eAuth”) account<br />
or a Login.gov account to enroll in certain<br />
USDA programs.<br />
Contact your FSA County office to learn<br />
more about any of the programs mentioned<br />
in this article including: Cedar FSA 563-<br />
886-6061; Johnson FSA 319-354-1074;<br />
Louisa FSA 319-527-8067; Scott FSA<br />
563-391-3335; Muscatine FSA 563-<br />
263-4601; OR visit: www.fsa.usda.gov/<br />
programs-and-services and select program<br />
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