Livestock producers who suffered feed losses from floods or wildfires in 2023 or 2024 will be able to apply for $1 billion in USDA disaster aid to help offset higher feed costs. USDA on Sept. 12 announced the new payment assistance will become available to livestock producers under the Emergency Livestock Relief Program for 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire (ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW). This is a separate payment program from the ELRP 2024 Drought and Wildfire program, which USDA rolled out in late May. Since May, USDA has paid out just over $1 billion to more than 348,000 livestock producers under the ELRP for disaster losses in 2023 and 2024. The Supplemental Disaster Relief Program, which primarily provides disaster relief for crop losses in 2023 and 2024, has also paid out nearly $5.2 billion to just under 345,000 producers.