Monday, November 21, 2022
Media Contact:
Gail Ellis|Editorial Communications Organizer|405-744-9152|[email protected]
Welcome rains have actually fallen throughout the state in current weeks, however much of Oklahoma is
still in a dry spell.
Oklahoma State University Extension has actually assembled the following dry spell relief financing channels that are presently readily available
to manufacturers and kept in mind a few of the most crucial dry spell policies in result throughout
this difficult season.
Water accessibility
Animals
Fire, Illness and Loss
- Crop insurance coverage covers some crop damage and will differ according to the policy and crop.
- Livestock lost due to fire or other unfavorable weather condition loss like severe cold, flooding
or lightening– Animals Indemnity Program - Damage to fences and structures not covered by residential or commercial property insurance coverage– Emergency situation Preservation Program
Danger Management Techniques
- Identify threats of biggest issue for the specific farm.
- Understand precisely what to reduce for those threats (cost threat, production threat or
both). - Establish relied on relationships with Extension teachers, U.S. Department of Farming
agents and other ag experts who can encourage on how to develop a tailored
strategy. - Stroll through circumstances with household and company partners. Usage United States Department of Farming calculators to recognize choices and prospective expenses.
- Understand due dates, paperwork and reporting requirements, and recognize methods
to stack programs for the very best threat protection. - Follow through with the strategy and act to attend to threats.
As a tip, $3 million was reserved in mid-September from Oklahoma’s emergency situation
dry spell fund. Ever since, Gov. Stitt has actually assigned another $20 million for extra
drought-related efforts.
” The Emergency Situation Dry spell Commission has actually utilized $ 20 countless the $23 million for water efforts such as drilling wells, piping water to animals and pond cleanout,” stated Amy Hagerman, OSU Extension ag and food policy expert, on OSU Farming’s tv program, SUNRISE. “Applications should be sent to regional preservation districts by Nov. 28. The cash will be divided in between each of the 77 counties to attend to requirements
determined in the applications, so about $250,000 per county.”
Hagerman stated a few of the $20 million might be reallocated to other counties with
greater varieties of applications.
” It is necessary to bear in mind these programs are created to be complimentary to federal
dry spell programs,” she stated. “All federal programs are still at play.”
Hagerman advises speaking to a county Extension teacher about the greatest requirements of an operation to figure out which federal or state programs
work best.
For more details about farming threat management and dry spell policies, please
contact Hagerman at 405-744-9811 or [email protected].
