Disaster Assistance

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

FARM SERVICE AGENCY FACT SHEET

October 2017

Farm Service Agency Disaster Assistance Programs at a Glance 

Disaster Programs BlizzardFire Hurricane/

Typhoon

Excessive

Moisture/

Flood

Excessive

Winds/

Tornado

Drought Hail Volcanic

Eruption/

Emissions

Freeze Earthquake

Emergency Conservation Program 

(ECP) - provides funding to rehabilitate farmland damaged by wind 

erosion, floods, hurricanes or other 

natural disasters, and for carrying 

out emergency water conservation 

measures during periods of severe 

drought.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes

Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) - provides payments to 

eligible owners of rural nonindustrial private forest land to carry out 

emergency measures to restore forest 

health on land damaged by natural 

disaster events, such as floods, hurricanes or other natural disasters.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes

Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised 

Fish Program (ELAP) - provides 

payments to eligible producers of 

livestock, honeybees and farm-raised 

fish to help compensate for losses due 

to disease (including cattle tick fever), 

adverse weather or other conditions, 

such as blizzards and wildfires.

Yes Yes, except on 

federally managed land

Yes Yes Yes No, 

except 

for water 

transportation

Yes, but 

only for 

grazing 

losses

Yes No Yes

Emergency Loan Program (EM) - 

provides EM loans to help producers 

recover from production and physical 

losses due to drought, flooding, other 

natural disasters or quarantine.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Livestock Forage Disaster Program 

(LFP) - provides compensation for 

grazing losses for covered livestock 

on land that is native or improved 

pastureland with permanent vegetative cover or certain crops planted 

specifically for grazing. The grazing 

losses must be due to a qualifying 

drought condition or fire on federally 

managed land during the normal grazing period for the county.

No Yes, but only 

on federally 

managed lands 

impacted by the 

fire for which 

the producer is 

prohibited from 

grazing the normally permitted 

livestock by the 

federal agency

No No No Yes No No No No

Livestock Indemnity Program 

(LIP) - provides benefits to livestock 

owners and some contract growers for 

livestock deaths in excess of normal 

mortality that are the direct result of 

an eligible adverse weather event. 

In addition, LIP covers attacks by 

animals reintroduced into the wild by 

the federal government or protected 

by federal law.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No, except when 

associated with 

anthrax

Yes Yes Yes, but only 

if deaths 

result from 

freeze incidental to a 

winter storm 

or extreme 

cold as 

determined 

by FSA

Yes

Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) - provides 

financial assistance for noninsurable 

crop losses due to drought, flood, hurricane or other natural disasters.

Yes Yes, only as a 

related condition 

to an eligible 

disaster

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Tree Assistance Program (TAP) - 

provides financial assistance to 

qualifying orchardists and nursery 

tree growers to replant or, where 

applicable, rehabilitate eligible trees, 

bushes and vines lost by natural 

disasters. A qualifying mortality loss 

in excess of 15 percent (in excess of 

normal mortality) must be sustained 

to trigger assistance.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FACT SHEET

FSA Disaster Assistance Programs at a Glance October 2017

Other natural disasters that may apply to some 

of these programs (not all perils are eligible loss 

conditions for all programs) include:

• Explosion;

• High water;

• Landslide;

• Mudslide;

• Severe snowstorm;

• Storm, including ice storms;

• Tidal wave;

• Wind-driven water;

• Insect infestation;

• Plant disease;

• Lightning; and

• Other natural phenomena.

Some man-made conditions qualify for disaster 

assistance, as follows.

Disaster Programs Pesticide

Contamination

Nuclear

Radiation/Fallout

Toxic Substances 

Other Than

Pesticides

Chemical Residue 

Other Than

Pesticides

Dairy Indemnity Payment 

Program (DIPP) – provides 

compensation to dairy producers 

when a public regulatory agency 

directs them to remove their 

raw milk from the commercial 

market because it has been contaminated by pesticides, nuclear 

radiation or fallout, or toxic 

substances and chemical residues 

other than pesticides.

Yes Yes Yes Yes

FOR MORE INFORMATION

This fact sheet is for informational purposes only; 

other restrictions may apply. For more information 

about FSA disaster programs, visit 

www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/

disaster-assistance-program/index or contact 

your local FSA office. To find your local FSA 

office, visit http://offices.usda.gov.

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