Help consists of $143 million for crop and forestry losses due to Hurricane Milton, $92 million to balance out grazing losses due to dry spell and wildfire in 2022
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2024– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is releasing payments today to farming manufacturers affected by natural catastrophes, consisting of $143 million in crop insurance coverage indemnities for Florida manufacturers affected by Hurricane Milton and about $92 million for animals manufacturers, nationwide, who dealt with increased additional feed expenses as an outcome of forage losses due to 2022 certifying dry spell and wildfire. The payments for Milton-impacted Florida manufacturers are for those who have Federal crop insurance protection through the Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index (HIP-WI) recommendation and the Tropical Storm (TS) choice. These crop insurance coverage payments belong to USDA's more comprehensive assistance to assist manufacturers after Hurricane Milton. The payments for animals manufacturers are through the Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) 2022, and are a 2nd round of payments to manufacturers utilizing staying funds in the program.
“Florida farmers, animals manufacturers and forest landowners have actually been struck hard by cyclones this year, and we're continuing our efforts to assist manufacturers recuperate following typhoons like Milton,” stated Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “We've utilized a variety of versatilities following typhoons Debby and Helene, and we're extending those to manufacturers affected by Hurricane Milton and future called storms. Furthermore, today's payments for America's animals manufacturers work as another example of how we're leveraging every readily available resource to assist as lots of people as possible on the roadway to healing.”
Cyclone Insurance Protection-Wind Index
Manufacturers with Federal crop insurance protection through the Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index (HIP-WI) recommendation and the Tropical Storm (TS) choice will see payments from their Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) in the next 30 days. Under this insurance coverage choice, manufacturers will get over $143 million in indemnities for hurricane-related losses from Hurricane Milton. These payments will straight assist farmers and rural neighborhoods recuperate.
In overall, over $776 million in payments have actually been provided under HIP-WI in 2024. With the payments from Milton, Florida manufacturers will have gotten about $340 million given that HIP-WI appeared in 2020.
Manufacturers do not require to sue to get an indemnity payment under HIP-WI. If a county is activated, the AIP will provide an indemnity payment in the coming weeks. Set off counties were determined by USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) in Product Management Bulletin 24-069 and will likewise be offered in the county's actuarial files. Qualified manufacturers will get a HIP-WI indemnity payment in addition to any appropriate indemnity payments due to them through their underlying crop insurance coverage.
Extra Crop Insurance Support
Manufacturers with crop insurance protection beyond HIP-WI will see indemnity payments in the coming weeks. If you have Federal crop insurance coverage, call your crop insurance coverage representative as quickly as crop or animals losses appear.
Due to the devastating damage that Hurricane Milton triggered along with the continuing effects in the southeast from cyclones Debby and Helene,
