USDA
ANNOUNCES EIGHT NEW DISASTER PROGRAMS FOR HURRICANE RECOVERY USDA's
Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Florida announced Dec. 7 that it would make available
eight new disaster programs to help farmers and ranchers who suffered losses due
to Hurricanes in 2005. Sign-up began Dec. 11. In Florida, 37 counties are eligible
for assistance as a result of the damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma.
The
Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006 authorizes the programs.
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) will provide payments to eligible producers.
Program fact sheets can be found online at http://www.fsa.usda.gov. You may also contact your county Farm Service office for details. ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP (Members-Only
articles are indicated in bold.)
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