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hope this helps a lot of Ranchers out there
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2006/08/0327.xml
USDA Announces Assistance to Livestock Producers


Yesterday, U.S. Agricultural Secretary Mike Johanns announced the creation of a new $50 million program for livestock producers impacted by drought. Called the Livestock Assistance Grant Program, the funds will be allocated to states in block grant form. States will distribute the funds to livestock producers in counties that were designated as D3 or D4 on the Drought Monitor anytime between March 7 and August 31, 2006.



The current drought monitor index map can be found at www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html. A list of eligibility criteria and eligible counties can be found at http://www.usda.gov by clicking on the drought spotlight. This assistance will be allocated to producers in approximately 740 counties in 20 states. Eligible counties will not be listed until after September 1.



Conservation Funds


The nearly $30 million in unused conservation funds includes almost $19 million in unused Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) funds and $11 million in unused Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) funds. The ECP funds will go to 27 states. Information on eligibility and a list of the states and funding is also posted online. The GRP funds will help to protect drought-affected grazing lands. The funds will be distributed to 14 states. These funds will be focused on pending GRP applications for rental agreements in drought-affected areas.

Johanns also directed the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) state conservationists to work with their producers and state technical committees to focus remaining FY 2006 and a portion of FY 2007 conservation program funds on resource conservation practices related to drought response and mitigation. Programs such as the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), the Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) program, and GRP have built-in flexibility and local decision-making ability in order to encourage a focus on state-specific concerns, such as those related to drought.
 
I don't know what you would call it...................maybe the same as what we called aid to Karina victims..............natural disaster.
Maybe Fires could fit in also
 
I remember back in 2000 it paid by the head. So much per cow and a different amount for a bull and so much for a heifer. Nothing for calves.
It also paid by the acre on hay field.
If they want, recites to pay that will be hard. As I fed my first cutting of hay. I did not buy any so I don't have any recites.

Does anyone have a clue on how it will pay?
 
TTB you are right, I shouldn't even have said anything since this was an antagonistic response I answered.
 
Turkey Track Bar said:
don said:
so would this be a subsidy????
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Please ask this in the Bull Session...where in my opinion it belongs.

Thank you.

TTB :wink:
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Geez TTB getting a little cranky in your OLD AGE. :wink: :lol:

Sorry I am rushing you but I know it's gotta be close. :P


Will we have to start calling you OTTB. :cowboy: :lol2: :secret:
 
Roper...

My response was not meant for you. I think you posted the info. to help those in drought. My response was meant for "Don" who posted an antigonistic response.

I want to thank you for your post Roper...please forgive my give response, and in that not thanking you.

I think that if Don wants to make a fight of it, he needs to take the fight to the Bull Session.

I honestly don't know if any of us will get rich off this deal, as well we shouldn't.

Sorry Roper, passin thru, and alabama...

TTB :wink:
 
Big Muddy rancher said:
Turkey Track Bar said:
don said:
so would this be a subsidy????
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Please ask this in the Bull Session...where in my opinion it belongs.

Thank you.

TTB :wink:
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Geez TTB getting a little cranky in your OLD AGE. :wink: :lol:

Sorry I am rushing you but I know it's gotta be close. :P


Will we have to start calling you OTTB. :cowboy: :lol2: :secret:
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Yep, or the "Ol' Nag"!!! :clap: :P :)

Sorry...it's just that I don't think Don's comments were appropriate here. I think Roper's post is.

Cheers---

The Ol' Nag
aka TTB :wink:

PS BMR...do you know when the "day" is??? :wink: :lol: :wink: Or are you going to be like Lazy Ace who just heckles me from here on out? By the way, Lazy Ace is just 'bout 7 months older than me...so if I'm older than dirt, what does that make him?
 
Hey thats ok
I just hope it helps everyone
even my small operation has suffered greatly and the wife and i are trying to figure out which way is up
we are in one of the hardest hit areas with no rain to speak of at all
which i know everyone else is hurting also

TeamRoper
 
alabama said:
I remember back in 2000 it paid by the head. So much per cow and a different amount for a bull and so much for a heifer. Nothing for calves.
It also paid by the acre on hay field.
If they want, recites to pay that will be hard. As I fed my first cutting of hay. I did not buy any so I don't have any recites.

Does anyone have a clue on how it will pay?
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Does anyone know how they calculate this (we are not out of the woods by a long shot ) and is cattle all they have paid in the past? I have sold off half of our working horses also and still going down to minimum


TeamRoper
 
alabama said:
I remember back in 2000 it paid by the head. So much per cow and a different amount for a bull and so much for a heifer. Nothing for calves.
It also paid by the acre on hay field.
If they want, recites to pay that will be hard. As I fed my first cutting of hay. I did not buy any so I don't have any recites.

Does anyone have a clue on how it will pay?
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'Bama...

In looking at the GRP program's website:

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/GRP/

it looks like all of Alabama is eligible for $300,000 ( http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/GRP/pdf_files/FY06FundingDrought.pdf ) which is about $190,000 more than Arkansas gets!!!

There is some other info about the program on that site. GRP looks like a long term easement program to keep land in grazing rather than converted into a cropping system.

As far as EQIP...good luck in our area if you can ever get funded. The requests are a lot more than they have to spend, and it's a cost share program.

I haven't been able to find much on the Emergency Program Roper's post mentioned. If I do, I'll provide a link at least. The Secretary did say that all this funding was coming out of conservation programs, so I'm guessing that they'll all have that flavor to them.

Cheers---

OTTB :wink:
The Ol' Nag
 
Team1roper said:
alabama said:
I remember back in 2000 it paid by the head. So much per cow and a different amount for a bull and so much for a heifer. Nothing for calves.
It also paid by the acre on hay field.
If they want, recites to pay that will be hard. As I fed my first cutting of hay. I did not buy any so I don't have any recites.

Does anyone have a clue on how it will pay?
Click to expand...

Does anyone know how they calculate this (we are not out of the woods by a long shot ) and is cattle all they have paid in the past? I have sold off half of our working horses also and still going down to minimum


TeamRoper
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Roper....

I know in the past both dairy cattle and sheep we included. I don't recall about horses. They might have been in there. There are established grazing AUM's for horses (as compared to cows) so they might qualify. If I remember correctly, while I as still in college and owning sheep in Colorado, we were "indemnified" (yes, I know, not the correct usage of the word, but couldn't come up with a better one) for sheep at the rate of an AUM. I very well might be wrong as there have been some years and beers between then and now!

Where's Tibbs when we need him??? He could likely answer our questions!

Cheers---

TTB :wink:
 
I understand that the amount was based on the number of adult cattle and sheep in the effected counties of each state.
 
Hmm.. when we were eligible a few years back I remember Dairy cows, Bulls, replacement heifers, beef cows, ewes/rams, goats and Bison being eligable.. I can't recall if horses were. It ranged from something like 5 dollars a ewe to 30 dollars a bull/dairy cow.

We didn't take it. We really didn't need it, we had twice as much hay as we needed andour pastures were in good shape It didn't feel right for me to take money away from someone who might really need it in this situation. NOw, ever since than we have been the dry side of the county and we have gotten no assistance even offered so I guess Karma doesn't always work in your favor.
 
I could qualify for assistance due to the drought in the SE...but I'm not gonna bother with it.

For what little I'd get I see the hassle with the paper work and the Fed's too much trouble.

Maybe it's crazy on my part....but they can give my share to someone else!
 

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