{"id":408650,"date":"2015-10-19T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T19:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=408650"},"modified":"2015-10-20T14:00:02","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T19:00:02","slug":"farmers-ranchers-may-be-eligible-for-weather-related-assistance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=408650","title":{"rendered":"Farmers, Ranchers May be Eligible for Weather-Related Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=207149\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-207149\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/08\/storm-cleanup-8-17-12-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"storm cleanup 8-17-12\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-207149\" \/><\/a>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Assistance may be available for some who suffered damage from severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding earlier this year in Smith County. According to a news release, farms and ranches suffering damage may be eligible for assistance under the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) administered by the Texas Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office if the damage:<br \/>\n&#8211;\tWill be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be needed to return the land to productive agricultural use<br \/>\n&#8211;\tIs unusual and is not the type that would recur frequently in the same area<br \/>\n&#8211;\tAffects the productive capacity of the farmland<br \/>\n&#8211;\tWill impair or endanger the land. <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>A producer qualifying for ECP assistance may receive cost-share levels not to exceed 75 percent of the eligible cost of restoration measures. No producer is eligible for more than $200,000 cost sharing per natural disaster occurrence. The following types of measures may be eligible:<br \/>\n&#8211;\tRemoving debris from farmland<br \/>\n&#8211;\tGrading, shaping, or releveling severely damaged farmland<br \/>\n&#8211;\tRestoring permanent fences<br \/>\n&#8211;\tRestoring conservation structures and other similar installations.<\/p>\n<p>Producers who have suffered a loss from a natural disaster may contact the local FSA County Office and request assistance from October 19 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c November 18, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for assistance, practices must not be started until the following are met:<br \/>\n&#8211;\tAn application for cost-share assistance has been filed<br \/>\n&#8211;\tThe local FSA County Committee or its representative has conducted an onsite inspection of the damaged area<br \/>\n&#8211;\tThe Agency responsible for technical assistance, such as the Natural Resource<br \/>\nConservation Service (NRCS), has made a needs determination, which may include cubic yards of earthmoving, etc., required for rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>To apply for assistance or for more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fsa.usda.gov\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.fsa.usda.gov<\/a> or contact the Smith County FSA at 903 561-2050 X2 for an appointment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Assistance may be available for some who suffered damage from severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding earlier this year in Smith County. According to a news release, farms and ranches suffering damage may be eligible for assistance under the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) administered by the Texas Farm Service Agency (FSA) county &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=408650\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Farmers, Ranchers May be Eligible for Weather-Related Assistance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 14:59:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=408650"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439602,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408650\/revisions\/439602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=408650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=408650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=408650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}