We Finally Have SDRP

USDA announced signup for the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program today

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USDA announced the details on the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) stage 1 today. I am currently sitting on a plane from Denver to Minneapolis writing this blog post and will update the post if I find new details later on.

It appears that signup will be very similar to the old 2020-21 ERP program. FSA will prepare the application for you with the estimated “damages” but your payment will in the first go round be 35% of that number (likely). Any “top up” will come at a later time just like ERP.

We don’t see any details on how FSA will calculate de minimis acres that could be excluded from the crop insurance requirement in order for you to still get a 90% payment instead of the 70% payment that was an issue with ERP. The law providing for SDRP indicated that de minimis acres could be excluded.