North Dakota Senator John Hoeven today held a roundtable discussion with local agriculture producers and commodity groups on the campus of NDSU to review the details for phase one of the Emergency Relief Program (ERP).
The program is targeted with $9.25 billion in row crop disaster assistance for losses in calendar years 2020 and 2021.
Hoeven was joined at the event by Farm Service Agency North Dakota State Director Marcy Svenningsen – and North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring.
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ERP phase 1 assistance will begin going out to producers in June and will be calculated using an ERP factor based on the level of insurance coverage purchased by the producer.
USDA estimates North Dakota producers will receive approximately $915 million from phase 1 of ERP.
Details will be released later this summer for ERP phase 2, which will compensate producers not paid under the first phase for their eligible losses.
This planting season’s wet weather pattern is a complete reversal from last year’s drought conditions in many parts of the region.
Mohamed Khan, a Sugarbeet Expert with NDSU and the University of Minnesota, says there is still reason for optimism about this year’s crop prospects – despite the late planting date for many growers.
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Kasey Bitz is the President of the North Dakota Soybean Growers – representing District Two near Lamoure. In addition to crops – Kasey raises cattle. And this year’s forage situation is certainly different from last year at this time.
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Planting season has been a “stop and start” situation for many growers, but Dan Wogsland of the North Dakota Grain Growers Association says producers have plenty of incentive to get the crop in the ground.
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