USDA Offers Disaster Assistance for Wisconsin Farmers Hurt by 2018, 2019 Disasters

Agricultural producers affected by natural disasters in 2018 and 2019, can apply for financial assistance through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+). This USDA program is available to eligible producers who have suffered eligible losses of certain crops, trees, bushes or vines in counties with a Presidential Emergency Disaster Declaration or a Secretarial Disaster Designation. Outagamie County is the only area listed on the eligibility list that is in the surrounding lakeshore area, and only accounts for losses that occurred in 2019. For more information, visit https://www.farmers.gov/recover/whip-plus.