The Farm Service Agency (FSA) has issued final Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) payments for 2023 and 2024 drought, flood and wildfire losses. Eligible applicants who applied for ELRP 2023 and 2024 flood and wildfire (wildfire losses on non-federally managed lands) assistance will receive 100% of their calculated payment in a single lump sum.
Additionally, an automatic second payment is being sent to producers who previously received a factored payment for ELRP 2023 and 2024 assistance for losses due to eligible drought and wildfires (wildfire losses on federally managed lands). Due to program demand, initial payments were factored by 35% to ensure total program expenditures did not exceed available funding. The second installment is equal to 8.2% of the eligible producer’s 2023 or 2024 Livestock Forage Disaster Program gross calculated payment, making the final payment factor 43.2%.
These ELRP 2023 and 2024 programs have a combined payment limit of $125,000 for each year. Producers who already received the maximum payment amount from ELRP 2023 and 2024 for drought and wildfire losses will not be eligible for an additional payment. Eligible producers may submit a request for an exception to the $125,000 payment limitation for certain programs (form FSA-510) by November 2, 2026, to be considered for an increased limit of $250,000.
For more information, contact your local FSA office.