{"id":2650,"date":"2023-01-11T09:32:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T15:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/agecon\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2023-01-11T09:43:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T15:43:13","slug":"high-plains-ag-week-1-11-2023-livestock-forage-disaster-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/agecon\/high-plains-ag-week-1-11-2023-livestock-forage-disaster-program\/","title":{"rendered":"High Plains Ag Week – 1\/11\/2023 – Livestock Forage Disaster Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Livestock Forage Disaster program sign-up deadline is coming by the end of January. Last year’s drought triggered significant payments in most counties of Texas. Read the article for more information about your county’s program and eligibility.<\/p>\n

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Board Update – 1\/9\/2023\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dates & Deadlines<\/strong><\/h4>\n

1\/13\/2023 – Pioneer Spring Crop Meeting, Panhandle<\/p>\n

1\/17\/2023 – Pioneer Spring Crop Meeting, Hereford<\/p>\n

1\/18\/2023 – Moore County Ag Meeting on Rebuilding the Herd, Dumas<\/p>\n

1\/18\/2023 – Southeast Panhandle Ag Conference, Claude<\/p>\n

1\/18-19\/2023 – Red River Crops Conference<\/a>, Childress<\/p>\n

1\/19\/2023 – Pioneer Spring Crop Meeting, Plainview<\/p>\n

1\/19\/2023 – Texas Alliance for Water Conservation Annual Water College, Lubbock<\/p>\n

01\/24\/2023 – 03\/09\/2023 – Master Marketer, Vernon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1\/24\/2023 – Crop Profitability Conference, Perryton<\/p>\n

1\/25\/2023 – Top of Texas Cotton Conference, Pampa<\/p>\n

1\/26\/2023 – Northwest Panhandle Ag Conference, Dalhart<\/p>\n

1\/27\/2023 – High Plains Cotton Conference, Spearman<\/p>\n

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What We’re Reading<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Strong 2022 profits lift farmer sentiment<\/a> – Feedstuffs Daily<\/p>\n

Forage sorghums growing in importance across High Plains<\/a> – AgriLife Today<\/p>\n

Solar power offsets energy cost on your irrigation pivot<\/a> – Farm Progress Daily<\/p>\n

2023 begins with continuing drought<\/a> – BEEF<\/p>\n

The Year Ahead: Forces That Will Shape the U.S. Rural Economy in 2023<\/a> – CoBank<\/p>\n

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Livestock Forage Program – USDA Program to Support Drought Losses<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last year’s drought has produced significant losses to many ranchers in the State of Texas. The USDA’s Livestock Forage Disaster (LFP) program is an excellent tool to help ranchers cape those financial losses generated by the drought. This program does not require premiums payments or previous enrollment. However, the sign-up deadline for last year’s drought is January 30, so I recommend you go to your FSA office if you still haven’t done it.<\/p>\n

How does it work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

LFP provides payments to eligible livestock owners and contract growers who have livestock and are producers of grazed forage acreage or certain crops explicitly planted for grazing that have suffered a loss of grazed forage due to a qualifying drought. A livestock owner or contract grower producing owned or leased forage crops is eligible for payments from LFP.<\/p>\n

The drought duration in each county determines the number of monthly payments. The table below provides the monthly payments based on durations spent in each drought category (Table 1).<\/p>\n

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Table 1. Monthly Payments by Time Period County Designated in Given Drought Status<\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n

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So far this year, most counties in Districts 1 and 3 qualify for payments under at least one crop, and in many counties, at least four payments (Table 2).<\/p>\n

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Table 2. Average Number of Payments for District 1 and 3 Counties.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Beef and dairy cattle, sheep, and goats are all eligible for payments and a long list of unique species. These include beefalo, buffalo, deer, equine, elk, reindeer, alpacas, emus, and llamas.<\/p>\n

More important than the species is the grazing status of your livestock. Only the animals that were or would have been grazing during the normal grazing period will be eligible to receive a payment.<\/p>\n

Eligible livestock must have been owned, leased, purchased, or contracted during the 60 days before the beginning date of the qualifying drought. Eligible livestock also includes those sold due to drought conditions. Ranchers must have owned any eligible livestock for commercial operations, not recreation or hunting.<\/p>\n

Payments<\/strong><\/p>\n

The LFP monthly payment rate, applied based on the conditions outlined in the previous section, is equal to 60% of the lesser of either the monthly feed cost:<\/p>\n

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