News Releases for October 2006
October 23, 2006
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Deadline For USDA Livestock Assistance Grant Program October 31
BISMARCK, N.D. –The deadline for North Dakota's livestock producers to apply for financial assistance under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Livestock Assistance Grant Program (LAGP) is Tuesday, October 31. Beef, dairy, bison, horse and sheep producers who had a forage loss due to the 2006 drought, and whose ranch headquarters are in the qualifying counties, may apply via the Internet for financial assistance through a $1.8 million grant received by the State of North Dakota.
Applications must be submitted electronically through the State of North Dakota Web site at www.nd.gov.
The LAGP is part of a nationwide $50 million fund announced on August 29, 2006, by USDA Secretary Mike Johanns to provide some assistance to drought affected livestock producers in the form of grants to individual states. The $1.8 million is to be delivered directly to livestock producers in the 27 North Dakota counties that were in the D3 (extreme) or D4 (exceptional) category on the US Drought Monitor sometime during the summer of 2006.
Producers who do not have Internet or computer access can find assistance by contacting their local NDSU Extension Service offices; AgCountry Farm Credit Services in Fargo, Grand Forks, Mandan and Minot; agricultural organizations, including the North Dakota Stockman's Association, the North Dakota Farmers Union and the North Dakota Farm Bureau; agriculture-based lenders; and schools or libraries.
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