Nov 19, 2025

USDA delivers second stage of crop disaster assistance

President Donald Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced USDA will offer support to farmers by releasing billions in disaster assistance for producers recovering from natural disasters, according to a news release.

The release noted that USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will deliver over $16 billion in Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) assistance in two stages. 

Stage Two of SDRP is applicable to specialty crop producers in that it covers eligible crop, tree, bush and vine losses that were not covered under Stage One program provisions, including non-indemnified (shallow loss), uncovered and quality losses. FSA county offices will begin accepting SDRP Stage Two applications on Nov. 24. 

Additional SDRP Stage Two program details and fact sheets are available online.

“President Trump continues to provide relief to American farmers reeling from the devastating natural disasters that struck across the United States in 2023 and 2024,” Secretary Rollins said in the release. “The continued financial success of our farming and ranching operations is a national security priority. USDA is doing whatever it takes to expedite disaster recovery assistance to U.S. farmers and ranchers.”

Grower assistance

The first stage of SDRP assistance, announced in July, remains available to producers who received an indemnity under crop insurance or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for eligible crop losses due to qualifying 2023 and 2024 natural disaster events. 

Producers have until April 30 to apply for both Stage One and Stage Two assistance. FSA is establishing block grants with Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, and Massachusetts that cover crop losses; therefore, producers with losses on land physically located in these states are not eligible for SDRP program payments.

Since March, USDA has supported U.S. farmers and ranchers with more than $16 billion in supplemental disaster assistance mandated by Congress in the 2025 American Relief Act.

On-farm stored crop loss assistance

Producers who suffered losses of eligible harvested commodities while stored in on-farm structures in 2023 and/or 2024 due to a qualifying natural disaster event may be eligible for assistance through the On-Farm Stored Commodity Loss Program (OFSCLP), which provides for up to $5 million to impacted producers.

The enrollment period to apply for on-farm stored commodity losses is Nov. 24, through Jan. 23. The OFSCLP has additional information and fact sheets available for growers.