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GA FARM SERVICE AGENCY EMERGENCY & PANDEMIC ASSISTANCE WORKSHOP
Posted on Apr 05, 2023 at 0:00 AM
GA FARM SERVICE AGENCY EMERGENCY & PANDEMIC ASSISTANCE WORKSHOP
April 11 1:30 p.m. Multiple in-person locations statewide or virtually
Georgia Farm Service Agency Executive Director Arthur Tripp invites farmers to attend this workshop to learn about revenue loss assistance available through two new programs, the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase Two and the Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP). During the workshop, FSA staff will provide an overview of the ERP Phase Two and PARP and walk through the application process for these programs. The workshop is free and open to the public and can be attended virtually or in-person. For more information regarding in-person workshops, please contact your local USDA Service Center for details. To attend virtually, please email Ansley.Hatcher@usda.gov for the virtual meeting link. For more information regarding in-person workshops, please contact your local USDA Service Center for details. To attend virtually, please email Ansley.Hatcher@usda.gov for the virtual meeting link.
June 2 is the deadline to submit applications for these new revenue loss programs designed to provide assistance to producers impacted by 2020 and 2021 natural disasters or the COVID-19 pandemic.
To be eligible for ERP Phase Two, producers must have suffered a decrease in allowable gross revenue in 2020 or 2021 due to necessary expenses related to losses of eligible crops from a qualifying natural disaster event. Assistance will be primarily to producers of crops that were not covered by Federal Crop Insurance or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP), since crops covered by Federal Crop Insurance and NAP were included in the assistance under ERP Phase One.
To be eligible for PARP, an agricultural producer must have been in the business of farming during at least part of the 2020 calendar year and had a 15% or greater decrease in allowable gross revenue for the 2020 calendar year, as compared to a baseline year.
Contact your local USDA Service Center for more information about either program or the workshop.
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