FLAG has just published a guide to Phase 2 of the FSA’s Emergency Relief Program (ERP). This program provides payments to farmers who suffered crop losses in calendar years 2020 and 2021. ERP provides relief in two phases. ERP Phase 2 is designed to provide assistance to diversified farms, direct marketers, and others that do […]

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This Guide focuses on potential help for distressed borrowers with direct FSA farm loans. In 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) became law. The IRA instructs the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help current USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Farm Loan Program borrowers that are “distressed borrowers” and that have a farm operation […]

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FLAG is proud to have partnered with Minnesota Farmers Union and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to create this Farmers’ Guide to Carbon Market Contracts in Minnesota. This Guide is a direct response to the questions and concerns raised by Minnesota farmers. With one fifth of the world’s largest companies setting net-zero emissions targets, farmers […]

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On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) became law. A new FLAG publication highlights the aspects of this legislation that will impact farmers. This Farmers’ Guide to the IRA looks most closely at three different parts of the IRA. First, it looks at what the IRA calls “relief for borrowers.” Second, […]

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Each year, generous supporters celebrate Give to the Max Day by making online donations to FLAG on GiveMN.org. Their generosity on this day makes a difference to FLAG far beyond the 24-hour giving event. We hope you will support FLAG with a contribution today! We are a national nonprofit law center created in 1986 during […]

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