Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023 and 2024

The Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) 2023 and 2024 provides direct financial assistance to livestock producers for losses incurred because of eligible drought or wildfire occurring in calendar years 2023 and 2024. ELRP 2023 and 2024 will pro

ELRP 2023 and 2024 provides direct financial assistance to livestock producers for losses incurred because of qualifying drought or wildfire in calendar year 2023 and 2024. ELRP 2023 and 2024 will provide assistance to eligible livestock producers who faced losses resulting from loss of forage quality and quantity due to systemic drought and wildfire conditions. ELRP 2023 and 2024 was authorized by the American Relief Act, 2025 (Division B, Pub. L. 118-158) and will provide payments to eligible livestock producers using data already submitted to FSA on 2023 and 2024 Livestock Disaster Program (LFP) Application, CCC-853. Although payments made under LFP do not have a direct correlation to the losses incurred, to deliver this assistance quickly, FSA is using certain LFP data and issuing an ELRP 2023 and 2024 payments as a percentage of the gross payment calculated through LFP as a proxy for losses to eliminate the requirement for producers to resubmit information for ELRP 2023 and 2024. No action is required for eligible producers to receive ELRP 2023 and 2024 payments. The ELRP 2023 and 2024 payments will be equal to the eligible livestock producer's gross 2023 or 2024 LFP-calculated payment multiplied by the applicable ELRP payment factor. The ELRP 2023 and 2024 payment factor will be 35 percent. If funds remain available after initial payments, an additional payment may be issued.

Applicants must be a citizen of the United States; resident alien; partnership of U.S. citizens of or resident aliens; corporation, limited liability company, or other organizational structure organized under State law solely owned by U.S. citizens or resident aliens; or Indian Tribe or Tribal organization. Applicants are not subject to an average adjusted gross income limit of $900,000.

Assistance will be used by livestock producers who have experienced losses due to drought or wildfire in calendar year 2023 and 2024.

There is no application period for ELRP 2023 and 2024. All required supporting documentation must be submitted to the applicant's FSA county office no later than 60 days from the date of the ELRP 2023 and 2024 deadline as announced by the Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs.

For ELRP 2023 and 2024, the assistance will be approved and awarded by FSA to eligible livestock producers.

The application period for ELRP 2023 and 2024 has ended. All required supporting documentation must be submitted to the applicant's FSA county office no later than 60 days from the date of the ELRP 2023 and 2024 deadline to be announced by FSA.

Applicants may request reconsideration of a decision by the decision authority or appeal such decisions to a higher authority including the county and State FSA committees and the National Appeals Division. Appeal regulations in 7 CFR parts 11 and 780 apply. Matters of general applicability that are not in response to, or result from, an individual set of facts in an individual participant's application for payment are not matters that can be appealed.