The administration announced this week that Farm Service Agency offices will reopen for core operations amid the ongoing shutdown. According to USDA, two employees will staff each county office five days a week to perform normal functions for CCC-funded programs and accept applications for programs funded through other sources.
The white house has reiterated that any potential trade related farmer aid package will not be facilitated until the government reopens.
Programs resuming full operations include:
Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC)
Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL)
Livestock Forage and Livestock Indemnity Programs (LFP, LIP)
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Fish (ELAP)
Tree Assistance Program (TAP)
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Price Support Loans (sugar)
Non-Insured Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC)
Programs accepting applications only (not processing):
Direct and Guaranteed Farm Loans
Emergency Livestock Revenue Program (ELRP – Wildfire & Flooding)
Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) Phase 1
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP)
