Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP)

Type: 
Funding
Climate Programs
Disaster Resources
Year Published: 
2022
Organization: 
USDA, FSA
Description: 

ELAP provides financial assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish for losses due to disease, certain adverse weather events or loss conditions, including blizzards and wildfires, as determined by the Secretary. ELAP assistance is provided for losses not covered by other disaster assistance programs authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, such as losses not covered by the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) and the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP).

Category: 
emergency assistance, disaster resources, extreme weather events

Geography:

Contact Information: 
Access contact information for USDA here: https://ask.usda.gov/s/contactsupport , U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Office of the Administrator 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC, 20250-0506