NDSU Extension, FSA to Host Quality Loss Adjustment Program Webinar
Ron Haugen
DEVILS LAKE - Producers who intend to apply for assistance through the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program will have an opportunity to learn about the program during a webinar that North Dakota State University Extension and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) are hosting on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 11 a.m. Central time.
On Jan. 6, the FSA started accepting applications for QLA, which provides assistance to producers who suffered eligible crop quality losses due to natural disasters occurring in 2018 and 2019. The deadline to apply for QLA is Friday, March 5, 2021.
“Natural disasters in 2018 and 2019 caused many ag producers to experience crop quality losses,” says Brian Haugen, acting state executive director for the North Dakota FSA. “Many of the eligible producers have already received compensation for quantity losses, and this program has been designed to provide quality loss disaster assistance as
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) has announced that signup for the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program has begun.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that signup for the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program began Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Funded by the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, this new program provides assistance to producers who suffered eligible crop quality losses due to natural disasters occurring in 2018 and 2019. The deadline to apply for QLA is Friday, March 5, 2021.
“Farmers and livestock producers nationwide experienced crop quality losses due to natural disasters in 2018 and 2019,” said Bill Northey, USDA Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation. “We have worked diligently over the past couple of years to roll out meaningful disaster assistance programs to help alleviate the substantial financial loss experienced by so many agricultural producers and are pleased to offer quality loss assistance as added relief. Many of the eligible producers have already received compensation for quantity losses.�
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MOVING AHEAD: Bill Northey, USDA FPAC undersecretary, says his agency is working on finalizing rules ahead of a Jan. 20 transition. Official shares how USDA looks to advance some actions to implement programs ahead of the switch to next administration.
Only a few weeks remain for the farmer leaders now at USDA to advance some of their remaining priorities, including teeing up some programs funded in recent actions by Congress including the additional $13 billion in coronavirus aid and actions allowed through the consolidated appropriations bill.
One of those first new rollouts includes the Quality Loss Adjustment program that USDA announced Jan. 5 after Congress allocated an additional $1.5 billion for the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+). And USDA leaders say additional action could be coming in the weeks ahead of the Jan. 20 transition of power.