2018年4月6日，华盛顿.S. Secretary of 农业 Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of 农业 (USDA) will make disaster payments of up to $2.360亿年, 由国会提供, to help America’s farmers 和 ranchers recover from hurricanes 和 wildfires. The funds are available as part of the new 2017 Wildfires 和 Hurricanes Indemnity Program (2017 WHIP). 报名参加新项目, authorized by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, 将不迟于7月16日开始.
美国农业部的 农场服务局 (FSA) will make these disaster payments to agricultural producers to offset losses from hurricanes Harvey, Irma 和 Maria 和 devastating wildfires. The 2017 calendar year was a historic year for natural disasters, 和 this investment is part of a broader suite of programs that USDA is delivering to rural America to aid recovery. 在总, the Act provided more than $3 billion in disaster relief by creating new programs, 和 expediting or enhancing payments for producers.
“America’s farmers feed our nation 和 much of the world, 和 throughout history they have known good years 和 bad years. But when significant disasters strike, we are ready to step in 和 provide the assistance they need,珀杜说. “USDA is working as quickly as possible to develop procedures 和 a system by which affected producers can access disaster assistance. For producers new to FSA programs, we encourage you to visit your 美国农业部当地服务中心 now to establish farm records.”
About 2017 WHIP Disaster Payments
The new 2017 WHIP will provide significant disaster assistance 和 be guided by the following principles:
- Eligibility will be limited to producers in counties that experienced hurricanes or wildfires designated as presidentially-declared disasters in 2017;
- Compensation determined by a producer’s individual losses rather than an average of losses for a particular area (where data is available);
- Producers who purchased higher levels of risk protection, such as crop insurance 和 noninsured crop disaster assistance program, 会收到更高的报酬;
- Advance payments up to 50 percent; 和
- A requirement that payment recipients obtain future risk protection.
美国农业部其他灾害援助
WHIP disaster payments are being issued in addition to payments through our traditional programs, some of which obtained increased funding or had amendments made by the Act to make the programs more responsive, 包括 紧急保护计划, Emergency Watershed Protection Program, Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees 和 Farm-raised Fish Program, 树木援助计划 和 家畜赔偿计划.
在2017年，美国经济增长.S. experienced a historic year of weather-related disasters, with an economic impact totaling more than $300 billion. 在总, the United States was impacted by 16 separate billion-dollar disaster events including: three tropical cyclones, 八次强风暴, 两次内陆洪水, 农作物冻结, 干旱和野火. More than 25 million people – almost eight percent of the population – were affected by major disasters.
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FSA will distribute more information on how producers can file claims for WHIP disaster payments at a later date. For questions on how to establish farm records to be prepared when WHIP disaster signup begins, or to learn about other disaster assistance programs, producers are asked to contact their 美国农业部当地服务中心.
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