Ohio farmers recovering from severe weather in 2023 and 2024 will soon have access to a new round of federal disaster assistance. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Farm Service Agency (FSA) county offices will begin accepting additional applications this month for programs designed to offset crop, livestock and on-farm storage losses.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said USDA is working to expedite payments to producers dealing with back-to-back years of damaging storms, heavy rainfall, flooding and other weather events that hit Ohio and much of the Midwest.

“The majority of payments from the first stage are already in producers’ hands, helping them prepare for and invest in the next crop year,” Rollins said.

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