Montana Ag Network: working to fix error in farm disaster program
and last updated 2021-02-01 10:12:48-05
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the beginning of the year announced support for farmers who were affected by extreme weather in 2018 and 2019.
The funding comes through USDAâs Quality Loss Adjustment Program (QLA), which provides $1.5 billion for farmers facing crop losses due to extreme weather. It was created to supplement relief provided to farmers through the Wildfire, Hurricane, and Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+).
Since September 2019, U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) has been working to get relief for producers in Eastern Montana facing quality losses due to excessive rain and flooding in the region during harvest. âThe fact is, Northeastern Montana got hammered by untimely moisture during harvest,â said Tester. âEverybody in agriculture knows we need rain all the time, but not during Harvest. That s the worst time to get.â
Montana Ag Network: Tester asks for fix to farm disaster program
By: Lane Nordlund
and last updated 2021-02-01 11:26:06-05
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the beginning of the year announced support for farmers impacted by extreme weather in 2018 and 2019.
The funding comes through USDAâs Quality Loss Adjustment Program (QLA) providing $1.5 billion for farmers facing crop losses due to extreme weather. It was created to supplement relief provided to farmers through the Wildfire, Hurricane, and Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+).
Since September 2019, Sen. Jon Tester has been working to get relief for producers in Eastern Montana facing quality losses due to excessive rain and flooding in the region during harvest.
Senator John Hoeven today held a virtual roundtable with North Dakota producers, commodity groups and Farm Service Agency (FSA) officials to discuss the COVID-19 relief and disaster assistance that he recently secured for farmers and ranchers. Specifically, Hoeven worked as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee to:
Include nearly $13 billion of agriculture assistance in the COVID-19 relief legislation passed by Congress in December.
Finalize the Quality Loss Assistance (QLA) program to help producers recover from quality losses due to natural disasters in 2018 and 2019.
The senator also secured $1.5 billion for the Wildfire, Hurricane and Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) and QLA in Fiscal Year 2021 to ensure program funding is sufficient to meet demand from producers.