Drought Assistance Opportunities
JSWCD staff are available to work with you on strategies for adapting your residential or agricultural property to address drought. Contact our agricultural resource conservationist or community water resource conservationist to learn more.
OTHER ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES
Farm Service Agency-Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP):
Provides financial assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish affected by adverse weather events, including drought, and disease. Learn more about the program and eligibility specifics in the fact sheet below.
This video demonstrates USDA FSA's new ELAP Feed Transportation Producer Tool used to calculate estimated payments for ELAP-eligible producers impacted by increased feed transportation costs due to drought.
ELAP Feed Transportation Tool Estimator
This program is only available after a drought declaration for a given year. However, you can always connect with your local Farm Service Agency representative in advance: Angela Powell, angela.powell@usda.gov.
Farm Service agency Livestock Forage Disaster Program
Provides financial assistance to eligible producers of livestock that also produce forage and suffered forage losses due to drought or were not able to graze on federal lands due to fire. Learn more about the program and eligibility specifics in the fact sheet below.
livestock_forage_program_lfp-fact_sheet.pdf
This program is only available after a drought declaration for a given year. However, you can always connect with your local Farm Service Agency representative in advance: Angela Powell, angela.powell@usda.gov.