The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing a second round of disaster relief payments through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) to farmers who suffered losses in 2023 and 2024.

USDA will double the SDRP payment factor for eligible farmers, raising it from 35% to 70%. The agency will also extend the program’s application deadline to Aug. 12.

“By extending the program deadline and making available this additional payment, we are continuing to put farmers first during this difficult farm economy,” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said in the release. “To help secure the economic viability of disaster-impacted farmers, we’re taking deliberate steps to provide stronger, more meaningful financial support for our nation’s agricultural producers.”

Stage 1 payments are available to producers who received an indemnity under crop insurance or the USDA’s Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program for crop losses from wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, certain drought conditions and other disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024.

Stage 2 payments are for certain crop, tree, bush and vine losses that were not covered through stage one, according to USDA.

To date, USDA has provided over $6.7 billion in SDRP payments, $9.3 billion through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program and nearly $1.9 billion through the Emergency Livestock Relief Program.

SDRP Stage 1
The first stage, announced in July 2025, remains available to farmers who received an indemnity under crop insurance or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for eligible crop losses due to qualifying 2023 and 2024 natural disaster events.

SDRP Stage 2
Stage 2 of SDRP covers eligible crop, tree, bush and vine losses that were not covered under Stage 1 program provisions, including non-indemnified (shallow loss), uncovered and quality losses.

Eligibility
Eligible losses must be the result of natural disasters occurring in calendar years 2023 and/or 2024. These disasters include wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze, smoke exposure, excessive moisture, qualifying drought and related conditions.

To qualify for drought related losses, the loss must have occurred in a county rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a D2 (severe drought) for eight consecutive weeks, D3 (extreme drought), or greater intensity level during the applicable calendar year.

More Information
For more information on SDRP, visit fsa.usda.gov/sdrp.