Hurricane Sally Relief and China Testing Meat Imports
Wednesday Jan 6th, 2021 From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update. Farmers and forest landowners in four Florida Panhandle counties can begin applying for additional Hurricane Sally assistance through the USDA’s Farm Service Agency.
Enrollment for the Emergency Conservation Program and Emergency Forest Restoration Program began Monday and runs through March 4th.
The Florida Department of Agriculture encourages eligible producers in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton counties to apply.
https://www.morningagclips.com/enrollment-for-hurricane-sally-fsa-assistance-opens/ The USDA is allocating more than $70 million to support 383 projects under the Plant Protection Act’s Section 7721 program to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, threat mitigation, to safeguard the nursery production system and to respond
January 6, 2021
Local farmers and forest landowners can now apply for additional Hurricane Sally assistance.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services encourages eligible producers to apply for for the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP). Registration opened Monday and will continue through March 4.
The activation of the ECP and EFRP programs are for those with farmland and private forestland damaged by natural disasters in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton counties. This assistance is in addition to FSA disaster loans through the Secretarial designations for Hurricane Sally-impacted producers in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Holmes, Washington, Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, and other contiguous counties. Enrollment for ECP and EFRP will be facilitated by county FSA offices, as with loans and other disaster assistance programs.
Ag News: Hurricane Sally Relief and China Testing Meat Imports Farmers and forest landowners in four Florida Panhandle counties can begin applying for additional Hurricane Sally assistance through the USDA’s Farm Service Agency.
Enrollment for the Emergency Conservation Program and Emergency Forest Restoration Program began Monday and runs through March 4th.
The Florida Department of Agriculture encourages eligible producers in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton counties to apply. The USDA is allocating more than $70 million to support 383 projects under the Plant Protection Act’s Section 7721 program to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, threat mitigation, to safeguard the nursery production system and to respond to plant pest emergencies.
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Drought conditions ‘significantly improved’ statewide, task force closed Thu, 12/17/2020 - 6:00pm
AUGUSTA Maine’s Drought Task Force met virtually Thursday to discuss the drought conditions across the state. Since the Task Force met a month ago, drought conditions have significantly improved across the state. According to the latest Drought Monitor, five percent of the state remains in drought status.
The National Weather Service reported large precipitation gains over the last month, noting most areas received normal or above normal precipitation amounts. While snowpack is currently below normal for mid-December in the headwaters region, they noted there is still a lot of winter to go.