Emergency Livestock Relief Program
Program Funding
Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.
Funded Projects
Examples of what this program has supported.
Program Objective
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.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
- Unrestricted by Entity Type
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.
How to Apply
Award Procedure
The assistance will be approved and awarded by FSA to eligible livestock producers.
Decision Timeline
- Approval: From 1 to 15 days
- Appeal: From 15 to 30 days
From 1 to 15 days from the date the Notice of Funding Availability is published.
Program details & compliance
Description
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. Phase 2 will provide additional assistance to Phase 1 producers for eligible losses to winter grazing impacted by the continued severe drought and wildfire in 2021. ELRP was authorized by the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. 117-43). ELRP Phase 1 provided payments to eligible livestock producers using data already submitted to FSA on 2021 Livestock Disaster Program (LFP) Application, CCC-853. Although payments made under LFP do not have a direct correlation to the increased feed costs incurred, to deliver this assistance quickly, FSA used certain LFP data and issued an ELRP payment as a percentage of the gross payment calculated through LFP as a proxy for these increased supplemental feed costs to eliminate the requirement for producers to resubmit information for ELRP Phase 1. No action was required for eligible producers to receive ELRP Phase 1 payments. The ELRP Phase 1 payment was equal to the eligible livestock producer’s gross 2021 LFP-calculated payment multiplied by the applicable ELRP payment percentage of 90 percent for underserved farmers and ranchers and 75 percent for all other producers. Phase 2 payments will use the ELRP Phase 1 as proxy and issue an additional 20 percent to represent the additional eligible loss to winter grazing resulting from the severe drought and wildfires during the grazing period in 2021.
Mission Categories
Primary: Production and Operation
Other categories:
Disaster Relief
Use of Funds
Allowed Uses
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.
Required Documentation
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.