Emergency Relief Program | Phase 2

ERP Phase 2 is a tax year-based certification program that provides assistance for producers who suffered a loss in revenue due to necessary expenses associated with losses of eligible crops (excluding crops intended for grazing), due in whole or in part, to a qualifying disaster event that occurred in the 2020 or 2021 calendar year.

Who is Eligible?

ERP covers losses to crops, trees, bushes and vines due to a qualifying natural disaster event in calendar years 2020 and 2021. Eligible crops include all crops for which federal crop insurance or NAP coverage was available except for crops intended for grazing. Qualifying natural disaster events include wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, winter storms, freeze (including a polar vortex), smoke exposure, excessive moisture, qualifying drought, and related conditions.

Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program

The Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP) will assist eligible producers of agricultural commodities who experienced revenue decreases in calendar year 2020 compared to 2018 or 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. PARP will help address gaps in previous pandemic assistance, which was targeted at price loss or lack of market access, rather than overall revenue losses. 

How PARP Payments are Made...

PARP payments will be made on a whole-farm basis, not commodity-by-commodity. To be eligible for PARP, an agricultural producer must have been in the business of farming during at least part of the 2020 calendar year and must have experienced a 15 percent decrease in allowable gross revenue in 2020, as compared to either:

• The 2018 or 2019 calendar year, as elected by the producer, if they received allowable gross revenue during the 2018 or 2019 calendar years, or
• The producer’s expected 2020 calendar year allowable gross revenue, if the producer had no allowable gross revenue in 2018 or 2019.

Brighter Future Fund

AFT seeks to support farmers and ranchers across America through the Brighter Future Fund.  Expanding on priorities established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Fund focuses its support on beginning farmers, socially disadvantaged, limited resource, women, and veteran farmers and ranchers to support greater equity and opportunities for all in agriculture.

Grants will be awarded in amounts up to $10,000 per project. A project may involve one or more individual farmers or farm families. Only one grant can be awarded per farmer/farm family.

Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program

ODMAP was created to assist certified organic dairy producers facing a unique set of challenges in recent years, including higher costs attributed to the pandemic and drought conditions across the country. USDA will invest $104 million in financial assistance to certified organic dairy producers.

How ODMAP Works ..

FSA is providing financial assistance for a producer’s projected marketing costs in 2023 based on 2022 costs. ODMAP provides a one-time cost-share payment, based on marketing costs, on pounds of organic milk marketed in the 2022 calendar year. 

The financial assistance from ODMAP provides immediate support to certified organic dairy operations during 2023 keeping organic dairy operations sustainable until the markets return to more normal conditions.  

Dairy Strong Scholarship

Dairy Farmers of Washington is committed to supporting the next generation of dairy farmers and industry professionals who will strengthen the Washington dairy industry.

The Dairy Strong Scholarship recipient will be a leader amidst their peers and committed to strengthening the Washington dairy community and will receive $5,000. Two runners-up will each receive $1,500.

Applications must be submitted by July 31, 2023. Please get in touch with Kaysha Keel (Kaysha@wadairy.org) with any questions.

Eligibility

• Applicant must be at least one of the following:
• Employed by a Washington dairy farm in good standing.
• Immediate family of someone employed by a Washington dairy farm in good standing.
•  Immediate family of a Washington dairy farmer.
• Actively participating in a dairy club or dairy education program (FFA, 4-H, CUDS, etc.).
• Scholarship funds may be used toward a university, trade school, or community college
• program in any state for the 2023-2024 academic year.
• Any major or field of study at an accredited institution qualifies.
• The winner of a $5,000 award must wait one year before they can re-apply for any
• subsequent award.
• There is no waiting period required for any winner of a lesser dollar award to re-apply.

Washington Dairy Ambassador Scholarship

Dairy Farmers of Washington is committed to supporting current and former county and state dairy ambassadors who served county or statewide in Washington.

The Dairy Ambassador Scholarship recipients will be leaders amidst their peers and committed to strengthening the Washington dairy community. One winner will receive $5,000 and two runner-ups will receive $1,500.

Applications must be submitted by July 31, 2023. Please contact Kaysha Keel (Kaysha@wadairy.org) for any questions.

Eligibility

• The applicant must be a former or current county or state Dairy Ambassador in Washington state enrolled in a four-year university, two-year college and/or trade school in any state for the 2023-2024 academic year with any major.
• Any major or field of study at an accredited institution qualifies. 
• The winner of a $5,000 award must wait one year before they can re-apply for any subsequent award.
• There is no waiting period required for any winner of a lesser dollar award to re-apply.  

Organic Market Development Grant

The Organic Market Development Grant (OMDG) program supports the development of new and expanded organic markets to help increase the consumption of domestic organic agricultural commodities. The program focuses on building and expanding capacity for certified organic production, aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, distribution, and development of consumer markets. OMDG aims to increase the availability and demand for domestically produced organic agricultural products and address the critical need for additional market paths.



AMS will give priority consideration to projects addressing specific pinpointed market needs for organic grains and livestock feed, organic dairy, organic fibers, organic legumes and other rotational crops, and organic ingredients currently unavailable in organic form.