USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Disaster Programs Agency Blizzard Fire Hurricane/ 

Typhoon

Excessive 

Moisture/ 

Flood

Excessive 

Winds/ 

Tornado

Drought Hail Volcanic 

Eruption/

Emissions

Freeze Earthquake

Noninsured Crop Disaster 

Assistance Program (NAP) - 

provides financial assistance 

to producers of non-insurable 

crops to protect against natural 

disasters that result in lower 

yields or crop losses, or prevents 

crop planting.

FSA 8 8

Tree Assistance Program (TAP)

- provides financial cost-share 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.

FSA 8

8

 Yes, only as a related condition to an eligible disaster

USDA Disaster Assistance Programs At a Glance

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 Agency 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.

FSA

More Information

This fact sheet is for informational purposes only; other restrictions may apply. 

For more information about USDA disaster programs, visit farmers.gov/recover or contact your local USDA Service Center. 

To find your local USDA Service Center, visit farmers.gov/service-locator. 

To locate an approved insurance provider, visit the Agent Locator on rma.usda.gov.

United States

Department of

Agriculture

FSA = Farm Service Agency | NRCS = Natural Resources Conservation Service | RMA = Risk Management Agency

July 2022

Program Aid 2266 

USDA Disaster Assistance Programs at a Glance
Disaster Programs Agency Blizzard Fire Hurricane/ 

Typhoon

Excessive 

Moisture/ 

Flood

Excessive 

Winds/ 

Tornado

Drought Hail Volcanic 

Eruption/

Emissions

Freeze Earthquake

Crop Insurance – provides 

indemnity payments to growers 

who purchased crop insurance 

for production and quality losses 

related to drought 

and other weather hazards, 

including losses from an inability 

to plant caused by an insured 

cause of loss.

RMA

Conservation Reserve Program 

(CRP) Haying and Grazing – 

provides for emergency haying 

and grazing on certain CRP 

practices in a county designated as D2 or higher on the U.S. 

Drought Monitor, or in a county 

where there is at least a 40 percent loss in forage production. 

FSA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Emergency Assistance for 

Livestock, Honeybees and FarmRaised Fish Program (ELAP)

- provides assistance to eligible 

owners of livestock, and producers of honeybees and farm-raised 

fish for losses due to disease (including cattle tick fever), adverse 

weather, or other conditions not 

covered by LFP and LIP.

FSA 2 3 4 1

Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - provides funding 

and technical assistance for 

farmers and ranchers to restore 

farmland damaged by natural disasters and for emergency water 

conservation measures in severe 

droughts.

FSA

Emergency Forest Restoration 

Program (EFRP) - provides funding to restore privately owned 

forests damaged by natural disasters. Assistance helps landowners 

carry out emergency measures 

to restore forest health on land 

damaged by floods, hurricanes or 

other natural disasters.

FSA

Farm Loans - provides Emergency and Operating loans to 

help producers recover from 

production and physical losses 

due to natural disasters or livestock quarantine and can pay for 

farm operating and family living 

expenses.

FSA

1

 Yes, but only if determined eligible by FSA.

2

 Yes, except on federally managed land

3

 No, except for water and feed transportation

4

 Yes, but only for grazing losses

Disaster Programs Agency Blizzard Fire Hurricane/ 

Typhoon

Excessive 

Moisture/ 

Flood

Excessive 

Winds/ 

Tornado

Drought Hail Volcanic 

Eruption/

Emissions

Freeze Earthquake

Environmental Quality 

Incentives Program (EQIP) – 

provides agricultural producers 

with financial resources and oneon-one help to plan and implement improvements on the land 

including financial assistance to 

repair and prevent the excessive 

soil erosion caused or impacted 

by natural disasters. These practices include activities like stream 

bank restoration, grassed waterways and buffers. NRCS-funded 

conservation practices protect 

your land from erosion, support 

disaster recovery and repair 

and can help mitigate loss from 

future natural disasters.

Assistance may also be 

available for emergency animal 

mortality disposal from natural 

disasters and other causes.

NRCS

Emergency Watershed Program 

(EWP-Recovery) – offers vital 

recovery options for local communities to help people reduce 

hazards to life and property caused 

by floodwaters, droughts, wildfires, 

earthquakes, windstorms, and 

other natural disasters.

Project funds address erosion 

related watershed impairments 

by supporting activities such as 

removing debris from stream 

channels, road culverts, and 

bridges; reshaping and protecting 

eroded banks; correcting damaged 

drainage facilities; repairing levees 

and structures; and reseeding 

damaged areas.

EWP Floodplain Easements – 

provide an alternative to Recovery 

efforts described above. NRCS 

has the authority to purchase 

floodplain easements (FPE) as an 

alternative measure to traditional Recovery where sites meet 

EWP-FPE eligibility criteria and it 

is determined that acquiring an 

easement in lieu of Recovery is 

the more economical and prudent 

approach to reducing the threat to 

life or property. 

NRCS

Livestock Forage Disaster Program 

(LFP) - provides compensation to 

eligible livestock producers who 

have suffered grazing losses due to 

drought or fire on land that is native 

or improved pastureland with 

permanent vegetative cover or that 

is planted specifically for grazing. 

FSA 5

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. Also, LIP provides 

assistance to livestock owners that 

must sell livestock at a reduced 

price because of an injury from an 

eligible loss condition.

FSA 6 7

5

 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

6

 No, except when associated with anthrax

7

 Yes, but only if deaths result from freeze incidental to a winter storm or extreme cold as determined by FSA.

= Yes = No = Yes or No, with caveats Icon Key (see footnote)

DISASTER ASSISTANCE

USDA Disaster Assistance Programs At a Glance

FSA = Farm Service Agency

NRCS = Natural Resources Conservation Service

RMA = Risk Management Agency

FSA = Farm Service Agency

NRCS = Natural Resources Conservation Service

RMA = Risk Management Agency
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Disaster Programs Agency Blizzard Fire Hurricane/ 

Typhoon

Excessive 

Moisture/ 

Flood

Excessive 

Winds/ 

Tornado

Drought Hail Volcanic 

Eruption/

Emissions

Freeze Earthquake

Noninsured Crop Disaster 

Assistance Program (NAP) - 

provides financial assistance 

to producers of non-insurable 

crops to protect against natural 

disasters that result in lower 

yields or crop losses, or prevents 

crop planting.

FSA 8 8

Tree Assistance Program (TAP)

- provides financial cost-share 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.

FSA 8

8

 Yes, only as a related condition to an eligible disaster

USDA Disaster Assistance Programs At a Glance

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 Agency 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.

FSA

More Information

This fact sheet is for informational purposes only; other restrictions may apply. 

For more information about USDA disaster programs, visit farmers.gov/recover or contact your local USDA Service Center. 

To find your local USDA Service Center, visit farmers.gov/service-locator. 

To locate an approved insurance provider, visit the Agent Locator on rma.usda.gov.

United States

Department of

Agriculture

FSA = Farm Service Agency | NRCS = Natural Resources Conservation Service | RMA = Risk Management Agency

July 2022

Program Aid 2266 

USDA Disaster Assistance Programs at a Glance