Emergency Relief Program
Department Of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency
ERP provides financial assistance to producers for losses to crops, trees, bushes, and vines due to wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, winter storms, freeze (including a polar vortex), smoke exposure, excessive moisture, qualifying drought, and related conditions occurring in calendar years 2020 and 2021. Losses due to drought are only eligible for assistance if any area within the county in which the loss occurred was rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a D2 (sever
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Helps farmers recover from losses to crops and trees caused by severe weather events. Provides financial assistance for damages from disasters like floods and wildfires.
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What Benefits Are Offered?
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- indirect cost rate agreement
- IRB approval letter
- environmental review
- 📎Optional Documents
- ERP 2022 Application Tool
- FSA-524-A worksheet
- FSA-524-B worksheet
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- 📥Templates Available
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- necessary expenses related to losses of revenue
- quality or production losses of crops
- trees
- bushes
- vines
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- revenue from animals for show, sport, or recreational purposes
- crops for grazing
- cannabis sativa L. and any part of the plant that does not meet the definition of hemp
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- Yes
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- null
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- AD-2047, Customer Data Worksheet (if applicable)
- CCC-902, Farm Operating Plan for Payment Eligibility
- CCC-901, Member Information for Legal Entities (if applicable)
- AD-1026, Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) and Wetland Conservation (WC) Certification
- FSA-510, Request for an Exception to the $125,000 Payment Limitation for Certain Programs (optional, if applicable)
- CCC-860, Socially Disadvantaged, Limited Resource, Beginning and Veteran Farmer or Rancher Certification (optional, if applicable)
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- null
- 📢Branding Requirements
- null
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years after the date of approval
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This program offers funding up to $750,000,000 (minimum $0.5).
This program accepts applications on a rolling basis.
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