USDA issues final ELRP payments
The Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency announced Friday it has issued final Emergency Livestock Relief Program payments totaling more than $1.89 billion.
Eligible applicants who applied for ELRP 2023 and Flood and Wildfire 2024 (ELRP 2023 and FW 2024) assistance will receive 100% of their eligible calculated payment in a single lump sum. USDA is also making a second payment to producers who previously received their initial factored payment for ELRP 2023 and 2024 assistance for losses due to eligible drought and wildfires.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said, “Due to the program demand for drought and wildfire assistance, initial payments were factored to ensure total program payments did not exceed available funding. Additional funds remain, so we are delivering on our ‘farmers first’ commitment to livestock producers and issuing a second payment in addition to making a full payment, with no factor, to eligible producers who applied for flood and wildfire recovery assistance.”
ELRP 2023-2024 and ELRP 2023 and FW 2024 have a combined payment limit of $125,000 for each program year. Producers who already received the maximum payment amount from ELRP 2023 and 2024 for drought and wildfire losses will not be eligible to receive an additional payment. Eligible producers may submit form FSA-510, Request for an Exception to the $125,000 Payment Limitation for Certain Programs, by Nov. 2, 2026, to be considered for an increased payment limit of $250,000.
