Duplin County has been approved for the Livestock Forage Disaster Program due to drought. 

The beginning D2 disaster dates are as follows:

Full Season Improved Pasture – 05/09/2025

Long Season Small Grains – 04/28/2025

Native Pasture – 05/09/2025

Overview The Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who have suffered grazing losses for covered livestock and who are also producers of grazed forage crop acreage of native and improved pastureland with permanent vegetative cover or acreage planted specifically for grazing. Grazing losses must occur on land physically located in a county experiencing a qualifying drought during the normal grazing period for the county.

LFP also provides compensation to eligible livestock producers that
have covered livestock and who are also producers of grazed forage
crop acreage on rangeland managed by a federal agency if the
eligible livestock producer is prohibited by the federal agency from
grazing the normal permitted livestock on the manage rangeland
due to a qualifying fire.

The qualifying drought and qualifying grazing losses, and/or notification of prohibition to graze Federal land due to fire, must have occurred in the grazing period and crop year. For grazing losses on rangeland managed by a federal agency, an eligible livestock producer may elect to receive assistance for losses due to drought conditions or fire conditions, if applicable, but not both. LFP is administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

What information do I need to provide?

When applying, producers will need to know the number of livestock kind/type/weight class (ie. adult/bull cows, non-adult (more than 500 pounds), and non-adult (less than 500 pounds). Producers may apply throughout the calendar year for benefits.

USDA will begin sign ups on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. 

For more information on eligibility, see the LFP Fact Sheet.