North Carolina
Agricultural Disaster
Recovery Program

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has received a USDA block grant to assist producers in 90 counties who suffered losses in 2018-2019 from Hurricanes Florence, Michael and Dorian.

This program will offer direct payments to eligible poultry/Swine and plasticulture producers. Assistance will only involve losses associated with these hurricanes that were not covered under other USDA disaster programs.

Information on qualifying situations are listed below. To apply, please click on the links to the right. Applications are still being accepted until October 31, 2022.

This program will also offer technical and financial assistance to woodland owners in the emergency-declared counties that were affected by these hurricanes. Comprehensive forest management plans will be offered to those landowners in order to assess the storm impacts to their woodlands and identify beneficial management recommendations. Eligibility requirements and program details for the “Woodland Recovery” component of the grant are very different than those for the poultry/livestock and plasticulture operations. Details about the “Woodland Recovery” program will be available beginning mid-July, 2021 by contacting your local NC Forest Service County Ranger’s office by visiting:
https://www.ncforestservice.gov/contacts/