USDA is accepting applications through its Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) to provide support for dairy producers who incur milk losses from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
To be eligible for assistance, positive test results must be confirmed through USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service National Veterinary Services Laboratories.
“When something unexpected, like H5N1, threatens the economic viability of the producers we serve, we are committed to finding ways, where we have the authority to do so, to revisit existing program policies and provide the financial support needed to help producers recover and sustain production,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement.
To apply for ELAP funding, producers should contact their local Farm Service Agency office.
