Farmer Bridge Assistance

Rollins Announces Farm Bridge Assistance Program Opening

Dan Agri-Business, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Field Crops, Funding, Trade, USDA, USDA-FSA

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that USDA is opening the enrollment period for the new Farmer Bridge Assistance Program. It’ll provide $11 billion in one-time bridge payments to row crop production in response to temporary trade markets and temporary disruptions in trading and increased production costs. The enrollment period opens up February the 23rd and closes on April the 17th. These …

Hurricane Helene

Commissioner Simpson Announces Hurricane Disaster Relief Applications Now Open

Dan Agri-Business, Citrus, Economy, Field Crops, Florida, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), Forestry, Funding

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson has announced that agricultural producers can now apply for hurricane disaster relief for 2023 and 2024. The Florida Block Grant Disaster Relief Program will provide over $600 million in grant funding in which the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services says can, “assist with infrastructure damage, market loss, citrus loss, and timber damage …