Emergency Relief Program 2022

ERP 2022 provides financial assistance to producers for losses to crops and trees due to wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, tornadoes, excessive heat, winter storms, freeze (including a polar vortex), smoke exposure, excessive moisture, qualifying drought, and related conditions occurring in calendar year 2022. Losses due to drought are only eligible for assistance if any area within the county in which the loss occurred was rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a D2 (severe drought) for eight consecutive weeks or a D3 (extreme drought) or higher level of drought intensity for any period of time during the calendar year. This program is authorized by Title I of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328). ERP 2022 will be administered in two tracks. Track 1 will use a streamlined process with pre-filled application forms when the data needed to calculate a payment is already on file with FSA or USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) as a result of the producer previously receiving a crop insurance indemnity under certain crop insurance policies or a payment through FSA’s Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP). Track 2 will provide ERP 2022 payments for other eligible losses through revenue-based approach using a traditional application process in which producers will provide the information required to calculate a payment.

Applicants must submit an application form by the deadline announced by FSA. For producers included in Track 1, FSA will pre-fill data on FSA-523, Emergency Relief Program (ERP) 2022 Track 1 Application, and the producer must complete and return the form to their FSA service center. For Track 2, producers will complete and submit FSA-524, Emergency Relief Program (ERP) 2022 Track 2 Application, and FSA–525, Crop Insurance and/or NAP Coverage Agreement. Applicants must also submit the following forms if not already on file with FSA: AD-2047, Customer Data Worksheet; CCC-902, Farm Operating Plan for an individual or legal entity; CCC-901, Member Information for Legal Entities (if applicable); AD-1026 Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) and Wetland Conservation (WC) Certification, for the producer and applicable affiliates; CCC-860, Socially Disadvantaged , Limited Resource, Beginning and Veteran Farmer or Rancher Certification, for historically underserved producers to qualify for an increased payment rate; and FSA-510, Request for an Exception to the $125,000 Payment Limitation for Certain Programs, for producers who qualify for an increased payment limitation. Applicants may be required provide additional documentation to substantiate the information reported on their application if requested by FSA.