Newswise — Recovering from a wildfire, drought, flood or other disaster involves more than rebuilding a farm or ranch. The complex tax decisions that follow can affect financial recovery for years. To ...

BOSTON, June 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Farm Aid and the Northeast Climate Disaster Relief Network (NCDRN) released "When Disaster Becomes the Norm: Climate Risk and the Future of Northeast ...

The Agriculture Department and congressional Democrats are trading barbs over USDA’s administration of a block grant program designed to provide disaster relief to small- and medium-sized farmers. A ...

The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Ag Committee, John Boozman and Amy Klobuchar, speak on a panel at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting in Anaheim, California. (AFBF photo) ...

EVERY planting season now begins with a question: What will the weather bring? For farmers, particularly smallholders, decisions made at planting determine livelihoods, but the results largely depend ...

Farming communities in California and across the U.S. are navigating recovery from recent natural disasters. In response, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), alongside ...

Firefighters demonstrate how to extract someone from a grain silo during agricultural rescue training in Marshfield, Wisconsin, in October. St. Agatha firefighters Jeff Fournier and Andrew Guerrette ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska Farm Bureau Disaster Relief Fund is now accepting applications to assist farm and ranch families impacted by the devastating spring wildfires. Recently, major ...

USDA has initiated sign-up for the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program at local Farm Service Agency offices. A total of just over $16 billion will be available for this program, with funding derived ...

The Agriculture Department said it’s taking applications for a second round of Biden-era funding to help farmers hit by natural disasters. The Agriculture Department is taking a second round of ...

Largely driven by a surge in disaster and economic government assistance, USDA’s latest farm income forecast projects a significant but misleading rebound in net farm income for 2025, rising to $180.1 ...