Supplemental Disaster Relief Program

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. FSA is administering SDRP in two stages. Stage 1 assists producers who previously received a crop insurance indemnity under certain crop insurance policies or a payment through FSA’s Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP). FSA is generating and mailing pre-filled Stage 1 applications to producers based on data that is already on file with FSA or USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA). Stage 2 will provide payments for other eligible losses that were not indemnified through crop insurance or NAP. Stage 2 covers losses of eligible crops, trees, bushes, and vines for which a producer did not have crop insurance or NAP coverage, as well as losses that were insured or covered by NAP but not severe enough to trigger an indemnity.

Applicants must submit an application by the deadline announced by FSA. For insured and NAP-covered crops, FSA is pre-filling items on the application for which data is already on file, and the producer must complete and return the form to their FSA service center. Applicants must also submit the following forms if not already on file with FSA: 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; 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.