USDA Disaster Block Grant Relief Program (Agriculture and Forestry Producers)

Eligible agriculture and forestry producers can apply for cost-share assistance or farm infrastructure repair or replacement through the USDA Disaster Block Grant Relief Program.

The block grant has four program categories, with an application required for each category in each county that a farmer or landowner qualifies for.

• Farm Infrastructure – provides cost-share assistance for farm structure repair or replacement and farm road or bridge repair and replacement.
• Future Economic Loss– provides cost-share assistance for economic loss for perennial crops, poultry and aquaculture operations.  
• Market Loss Assistance for Commodities and Value-Added Products – cost-share assistance for harvested or unharvested commodities or select value-added products in which value was reduced or destroyed by power outage.  
• Timber Loss Relief Program – private timber landowners with at least 10 acres of timber loss are eligible. (The application period for Timber Loss Relief is not yet open.)

Local county N.C. Cooperative Extension offices will offer application assistance for producers without internet. NCDA&CS offers a disaster assistance hotline Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm to answer questions: 1-866-747-9823.

Eligible farmers should apply by May 15 at www.ncagr.gov/agdisaster