Deadline to Apply for Disaster Program Quickly Approaching

Producers of rice, upland cotton, soybeans and sweet potatoes have a little more than a week to apply for assistance for 2009 losses under the Crop Assistance Program. Nearly $550 million in disaster assistance is available for eligible losses due to excessive moisture or related conditions that occurred in 2009. Producers in counties that received a Secretarial disaster designation must apply by the Dec. 9 deadline in order to be eligible. Learn more.