USDA Farm Service Agency has programs available to help livestock producers affected by winter weather.

FSA administers several programs that help producers recover from livestock deaths that are beyond normal mortality rates, losses of purchased and/or harvested forage, and with the additional costs of providing or transporting feed. Among the key programs are the Livestock Indemnity Program and the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program. For livestock death losses to be eligible under Livestock Indemnity Program, producers must file a notice of loss with their local FSA office within 30 calendar days from when the loss is apparent to the producer.

FSA encourages livestock producers to document the number and kind of livestock that have died as a direct result of winter storms and notify their local FSA office of these losses. There may be situations where producers are transporting feed to their livestock, so producers should document these additional costs.

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