USDA is maximizing disaster assistance support for producers by issuing a second Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) payment to eligible producers with approved applications for losses due to natural disasters in calendar years 2023 and 2024.
For Nebraska producers, qualifying losses may stem from the prolonged drought and heat in 2023, along with 2024 flooding, severe storms and excess moisture that delayed planting and damaged crops.
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) has already provided $6.7 billion in SDRP payments. The agency is also extending the program deadline to give producers and FSA more time to address application changes that could impact payments. The original April 30 deadline has been extended to Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, for both SDRP Stage 1 and Stage 2.
Initial SDRP payments were calculated at 35%. After further analysis, USDA is increasing the payment factor to 70%, meaning producers with approved applications will receive an additional 35% of their calculated payment. Future SDRP payments will also be issued at the 70% rate.
SDRP Stage 1
The first stage, announced in July 2025, remains available to producers who received an indemnity under crop insurance or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for eligible crop losses due to qualifying 2023 and 2024 natural disaster events.
SDRP Stage 2
Stage 2 of SDRP covers eligible crop, tree, bush and vine losses that were not covered under Stage One program provisions, including non-indemnified (shallow loss), uncovered and quality losses.
Eligibility
Eligible losses must be the result of natural disasters occurring in calendar years 2023 and/or 2024. These disasters include wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze (including a polar vortex), smoke exposure, excessive moisture, qualifying drought, and related conditions.
To qualify for drought-related losses, the loss must have occurred in a county rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a D2 (severe drought) for eight consecutive weeks, D3 (extreme drought), or greater intensity level during the applicable calendar year.
FSA is establishing block grants with Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, and Massachusetts that cover crop losses; therefore, producers with losses on land physically located in these states are not eligible for SDRP program payments.
More Information
For more information on SDRP, please visit USDA FSA.
