The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) helps farmers and ranchers to repair damage to farmlands caused by natural disasters and to help put in place methods for water conservation during severe drought. The ECP does this by giving ranchers and farmers funding and assistance to repair the damaged farmland or to install methods for water conservation. FSA also has a related program for emergency forest restoration.

Awards $200,000 per person or legal entity per disaster

A producer who is eligible to obtain a loan, but who agrees to forgo the loan, may obtain an LDP. The LDP rate equals the amount by which the applicable loan rate where the commodity is stored exceeds the alternative loan repayment rate for the respective commodity.

Funding can be used to: sell real estate through a land contract to a beginning or underserved farmer; guarantee is with the seller of the real estate.

The purchase price of the farm cannot exceed the lesser of: $500,000; or the current market value of the property

Funding can be used to: purchase farm, construct buildings or other capital improvement, soil and water conservation, pay closing costs, refinance debts.

Funding can be used to: restore or replace essential property; pay all or part of production costs associated with the disaster year; pay essential family living expenses; reorganize the farming operation; refinance debts with certain limitations

awards 100% actual or physical losses $500,000 maximum program indebtedness

Funding can be used to: purchase farm, construct buildings or other capital improvement, soil and water conservation, pay closing costs.

Funding can be used to: purchase farm, construct buildings or other capital improvement, soil and water conservation, pay closing costs.

Funding can be used to: purchase farm, construct buildings or other capital improvement, soil and water conservation, pay closing costs.