The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) extended the deadline for the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase Two and Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP) to July 14, 2023, to give farmers more time to apply for assistance. The original deadline was June 2.

PARP Application Assistance
USDA will host a webinar that focus on completing the PARP application form on June 8, 2023 from 2 to 4 p.m. eastern with members of the National Farm Income Tax Extension Committee. Register here.

Eligibility 
To be eligible for ERP Phase Two, farmers must have suffered a decrease in allowable gross revenue in 2020 or 2021 due to necessary expenses related to losses of eligible crops from a qualifying natural disaster event. Assistance will be primarily to farmers of crops that were not covered by Federal Crop Insurance or NAP, since crops covered by Federal Crop Insurance and NAP were included in the assistance under ERP Phase One.

To be eligible for PARP, a farmer must have been in the business of farming during at least part of the 2020 calendar year and had a 15% or greater decrease in allowable gross revenue for the 2020 calendar year, as compared to a baseline year.

FSA offers an online ERP tool and PARP tool that can help farmers determine what is considered allowable gross revenue for each respective program.

Farmers should contact their local FSA office to make an appointment to apply for ERP Phase Two and PARP assistance. Farmers should also keep in mind that July 15 is a major deadline to complete acreage reports for most crops. FSA encourages farmers to complete the ERP Phase Two application, PARP application and acreage reporting during the same office visit.

More Information
For more information, view the ERP Phase Two Fact Sheet, PARP Fact Sheet, the ERP Phase Two-PARP Comparison Fact Sheet, ERP Phase Two application video tutorial, PARP application video tutorial, myth-buster blog or contact your local USDA Service Center.