From WHIP+ to ERP: A New Name for 2020-2021 Ad Hoc Disaster Assistance

By Danny Munch

American Farm Bureau Federation

On May 16, USDA announced that some commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disasters in 2020 and 2021 will soon be eligible to receive emergency relief payments totaling about $6 billion to offset crop yield and value losses through the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) new Emergency Relief Program (ERP), previously known as the the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program + (WHIP+).

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