Rice growers eligible for aid from $250 million fund The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency is making $250 million available to rice growers who lost production acreage in 2022. rice producers through their crop insur- ance agents or FSA county offices.
Growers who derive 75% or more of their average adjusted gross income from farming can qualify for payments of up to $250,000. The application dead- line is July 10. The aid program was funded under the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which President Biden signed on Dec. 29. In 2022, in the third year of drought, California rice growers planted their
lowest acreage since 1958. The impacts were most pronounced on the west side of the Sacramento Valley, where farmers in the Glenn- Colusa Irrigation District planted just 1,000 acres of rice. They typically grow about 100,000 acres. The Farm Service Agency is mail- ing applications to producers using information on file with USDA’s Risk Management Agency, as reported by
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the Farm Service Agency is “streamlining the application process for rice producers” by mailing prefilled paperwork to farmers. “This approach will result in significant time savings for both farmers and USDA employees, helping to ensure the swift delivery of program benefits to produc- ers and further our goal of better serving farmers,” Vilsack said in a statement. Memorial set for Jack Parnell, former ag leader A service has been scheduled for Jack Parnell, a former Auburn cattle ranch- er, auctioneer and publisher who went on to serve as secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture and as U.S. deputy agriculture secretary under President George H.W. Bush. Parnell died at home at his ranch in Sandpoint, Idaho, on April 30, just shy of his 88th birthday. Besides heading CDFA from 1987 to 1989, Parnell was director of the then-California Department of Fish and Game from 1984 to 1987. He was a mem- ber of the California Air Resources Board from 1994 to 1999. He was previously founder and pub- lisher of California Cattleman magazine, which he led from 1966 to 1972. Parnell owned and operated Dunipace Angus Ranch in Auburn and served as president of the California Angus Association Board. He also served as chairman of the California Production Credit Association. His family has announced that a cele- bration of his life will be held Sept. 16 at the Parnell Ranch in Idaho.
USDA on May 8 began sending pre- filled applications to rice producers who may want to seek aid. Funds are provid- ed through the new Rice Production Program, which will consider assistance to farmers based on 2022 planted and “prevented planted” rice acreage.
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