The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GOBiz) is targeting early to mid–April 2023 to release applications for the California Small Agricultural Business Drought Relief Grant Program.
Grants of $60,000 – $100,000 will be available based on the percentage loss of annual gross receipts or gross profits for 2022 compared to 2019.
As soon as the applications are available, we will announce and link the application to https://www.agdroughtrelief.org
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Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency launched the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP), providing $10 billion in economic relief to producers of eligible commodities for the 2024 crop year.
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Working with Tim Kelleher, we have updated the decision tool that assists growers in calculating expected PLC and ARC payments. As previously noted, PLC target price for 2025 is $19.90. Here is a link to the updated tool.
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