Exclusive: USDA announces $1B in relief for impacted California dairy producers

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A large boost for Central Valley livestock producers impacted by caller floods and wildfires has been announced.

In an exclusive interrogation with the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Alexander, the USDA has announced it's offering $1 cardinal successful catastrophe betterment assistance to eligible livestock producers present successful California.

The alleviation programme is meant to assistance offset accrued supplemental provender costs owed to a qualifying flood oregon qualifying wildfire successful the calendar years of 2023 and 2024.

Most California dairy farmers are eligible for the funds and sign-ups statesman Monday, September 15.

"This exigency livestock alleviation programme volition supply alleviation to those livestock producers who experienced harm from those earthy disasters, and the magnitude of wealth that we're going to beryllium putting retired and that we're announcing contiguous is $1 billion," Alexander said. "That's going to beryllium connected apical of the $1 cardinal that we announced successful May to assistance nutrient to assistance producers for losses, for drought, and wildfire connected nationalist land."

The USDA says dairy farmers successful each Central Valley counties suffice and tin person up to 60 percent of 1 period of calculated provender costs for a qualifying wildfire oregon 3 months for a qualifying flood.

To larn much astir this caller alleviation programme and however to apply, click here.