Emergency Livestock Relief Program

 

The Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) provides direct financial assistance to livestock producers for losses incurred because of qualifying drought or wildfire in calendar year 2021. Phase 1 provided assistance to eligible livestock producers who faced increased supplemental feed costs resulting from forage losses whose data was on file with FSA due to their participation in the 2021 Livestock Forage Disaster Program. Phase 2 will provide additional assistance to Phase 1 producers who suffered additional eligible losses to winter grazing due to the severe impact drought and wildfires caused during the grazing period in calendar year 2021 that were not covered by Phase 1.

Active 10.148 Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture D - Direct Payments With Unrestricted Use Fiscal Year 2022 FSA issued over $604,000,000 in ELRP Phase 1 payments.
Fiscal Year 2023 It is anticipated that FSA will issue payments totaling approximately $146,000,000.
Fiscal Year 2024 It is anticipated that FSA will issue payments totaling approximately $6.000.000. The Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, Part Pub. L., Section 117-43 Eligible livestock producers for ELRP are producers with an approved 2021 LFP application. Applicants must be a citizen of the United States; resident alien; partnership of U.S. citizens of or resident aliens; corporation, limited liability company, or other organizational structure organized under State law solely owned by U.S. citizens or resident aliens; or Indian Tribe or Tribal organization. Applicants are not subject to an average adjusted gross income limit of $900,000 Not applicable. FSA utilized data already provided by 2021 LFP applicants to issue ELRP Phase 1 payments that provided assistance for a portion of the increased supplemental feed costs in 2021. FSA will provide additional assistance to Phase 1 producers to represent additional losses to winter grazing in eligible drought counties or wildfire counties. This program has different payment limitation rules and payment rates for traditionally underserved producers; therefore, a FSA-510 Request for An Exception To The $125,000 Payment Limitation for Certain Programs and/or CCC-860 Socially Disadvantaged, Limited Resource, Beginning and Veteran Farmer or Rancher Certification may need to be completed and submitted to FSA. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. The assistance will be approved and awarded by FSA to eligible livestock producers. There was no application period for ELRP. For ELRP Phase 1, all required supporting documentation must have been submitted to the applicant's FSA county office no later than 60 days from October 31, 2022, the deadline announced by FSA All supporting documentation for Phase 2 must be submitted to the applicant's FSA county office no later than 60 days from the date of the ELRP Phase 2 deadline to be announced by FSA. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 1 to 15 days. From 1 to 15 days from the date the Notice of Funding Availability is published. From 15 to 30 days. Applicants may request reconsideration of a decision by the decision authority or appeal such decisions to a higher authority including the county and State FSA committees and the National Appeals Division. Appeal regulations in 7 CFR parts 11 and 780 apply. Matters of general applicability that are not in response to, or result from, an individual set of facts in an individual participant's application for payment are not matters that can be appealed. Not applicable. Not applicable. Assistance will be used by livestock producer who have experienced increased supplemental feed costs from the loss of forage due to drought or wildfire losses in calendar year 2021. Not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements. If requested, applicants must submit documentation to verify the information certified on their application. Applicants must retain documentation in support of the application for 3 years after the date of approval. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. There was no application period for ELRP. All required supporting documentation for Phase 1 must have been submitted to the applicant's FSA county office no later than 60 days from the date of the ELRP Phase 1 deadline as announced by the Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs of October 31, 2022. All supporting documentation for Phase 2 must be submitted no later than 60 days from the date of the ELRP Phase 2 deadline to be announced by FSA. Funding authorized under the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. 117-43) expires on December 31, 2023. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None/Not specified. Kelly Breinig, Program Manager
USDA, Farm Production and Conservation, Farm Service Agency, Safety Net Division
Washington, DC 20250 USA
Kelly.Breinig@usda.gov
Phone: (202) 720-1603
Fax: (202) 774-7437 https://www.farmers.gov/ 12-0115-0-1-351 (Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use) FY 22$604,000,000.00; FY 23 est $140,000,000.00; FY 24 est $6,000,000.00; FY 21$0.00; - Phase 1 payments will be equal to the eligible livestock producer's gross 2021 LFP-calculated payment multiplied by the applicable ELRP Phase 1 payment percentage of 90 percent for underserved producers and 75 percent for all other producers. Phase 2 payments will use the ELRP Phase 1 payment as proxy and issue an additional payment of 20 percent. ELRP is subject to a per-applicant payment limitation. Not applicable. Not applicable.