08/24/2023
Disaster Assistance Available for Livestock Losses
The Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) provides assistance to producers for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by adverse weather, including extreme heat. Poultry and swine are considered eligible livestock under the LIP program.
For 2023 livestock losses, producers must file a notice within 30 calendar days of when the loss is first apparent.
Producers then must provide the following supporting documentation to the local FSA office no later than 60 calendar days after the end of the calendar year in which the eligible loss condition occurred. In addition to filing a notice of loss, producers must also submit an application for payment by March 1, 2024.
• Proof of death documentation
• Copy of grower’s contracts
• Proof of normal mortality documentation
Producers should record all pertinent information regarding livestock inventory records including:
• Documentation of the number, kind, type, and weight range of livestock
• Beginning inventory supported by birth recordings or purchase receipts.
Confinement operations must follow good management practices and confinement facility’s operating equipment must meet industry standards to be eligible for LIP. Poultry and/or swine death losses in confinement operations that are attributed to an eligible adverse weather event causing the confinement operation’s equipment to malfunction are not eligible for compensation under LIP if: good management practices are not followed, the confined livestock operation’s facilities do not possess all the equipment that meets, industry standards such as, but not limited to, backup generators, alarm systems, fans, etc., management decisions were made not to take the necessary measures that could have prevented the loss.
For more information, producers should contact their local County USDA Service Center at or visit fsa.usda.gov. To find the contact information for the local Farm Service Agency Office visit USDA Service Center Locator.
