The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers several livestock disaster assistance programs including the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP), the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), and the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP).
Horses are now eligible for LFP for the 2022 grazing season. Qualifying horses include those that contribute to the commercial viability of an operation and are maintained for the purposes of pleasure, roping, pets or show. The FSA has extended the application deadline to June 2, 2023, and has waived the measurement fee for pastures that were not previously certified by producers.
Additional eligibility requirements for LFP
The producer needs to be in control, or at risk, of the horse and the pastureland during the entire grazing period.
The horse must be grazing on eligible land for two months prior to a county being designated eligible for LFP as rate by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
For additional information about LFP and to file an application, producers should contact their FSA county office.
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