No-Reapply Relief: Feds Auto-Pay Livestock Losses from Disasters
Published Date: 5/29/2025
Rule
Summary
The Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) 2023 and 2024 helps livestock producers who lost animals or feed because of droughts or wildfires in 2023 and 2024. If you already signed up for a related program, you don’t need to apply again—payments will be calculated automatically. This means faster help and money in producers’ pockets without extra paperwork!
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Payments for 2023–2024 drought and wildfire losses
If you are a livestock producer, you can receive payments for losses of animals or feed caused by qualifying droughts or qualifying wildfires that occurred in calendar years 2023 and 2024 under the Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) 2023 and 2024.
Automatic payments for prior LFP participants
If you already submitted data to the Farm Service Agency as a Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) participant, the FSA will calculate your ELRP 2023 and 2024 payments using that existing data so you do not need to file a new application to receive payments.
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