Drought

News Releases

• Billings, MT Regional Office: RMA Approves 30-day Ownership Waiver for Livestock Program and Interest Deferral for Spring Crops (Aug 24, 2012)
• Spokane, WA Regional Office: USDA Approves 30-Day Voluntary Waiver on Livestock Program (Aug 23, 2012)

Bulletins

• Emergency Drought Relief - Allowing the Haying and Grazing of a Cover Crop for the 2013 Crop Year (Sep 21, 2012)
• Emergency Drought Relief - Allowing the Haying and Grazing of a Cover Crop for the 2013 Crop Year: Managers Bulletin (Aug 22, 2012)
• Voluntary Waiver of Livestock Risk Protection Basic Provisions 30-Day Ownership Requirement Due to Severe Drought: Managers Bulletin (Aug 16, 2012)
• Adjustment to the Simplified Claim Process (SCP) - Increased Dollar Tolerance Due to 2012 Drought Situation: Managers Bulletin (Aug 8, 2012)
• Emergency Drought Relief - Deferral of Interest Charges on Spring Crop Insurance Premiums: Managers Bulletin (Jul 23, 2012)

Drought Fact Sheet

• Drought (Jul 2014)

Drought Frequently Asked Questions

• 2012 Drought Questions and Answers (Aug 6, 2012)
• Prevented Planting - Irrigated Cropland Eligibility and Drought (Feb 15, 2012)
• Crop Insurance and Drought-Damaged Crops (Jul 22, 2011)

Loss Adjustment Fact Sheet

• 2012 National Loss Adjustment Procedures for Aflatoxin (Revised Aug 2012)

Loss Adjustment Standards Handbook (LASH)

• LASH for Prevented Planting (25370)

Drought Links

• Agricultural Weather and Drought Update
• Crop Weather
• National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)

2012 Aflatoxin Fact Sheets

• National Fact Sheet: Loss Adjustment Procedures for Aflatoxin (Aug 2012)
• Billings | Oklahoma City | Raleigh |St. Paul | Springfield | Topeka

Aflatoxin Links

• What is Mycotoxin, Aflatoxin, Fumonisin: National Corn Grower's Association
• Aflatoxins in Corn: University of Missouri Extension

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