For assistance, call their Producer Hotline: (877) 508-8364, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.- 8 p.m., or send an email to the FSA disaster group inbox at: [email protected]. Please indicate the county of loss in the subject line.

Be sure to document damage and/or loss by taking photos before beginning the clean-up process.

USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) administer several disaster recovery programs that provide financial assistance to farmers and landowners. They can help:

• clean up debris
• replant crops and trees
• assist with damaged infrastructure (e.g., fencing) and
• implement other recovery activities.

FSA
Please contact your local FSA service center for information about allowable activities within programs before doing anything!
Service center locator   
USDA Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP)
The Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) helps the owners of non-industrial private forests restore forest health damaged by natural disasters. The EFRP does this by authorizing payments to owners of private forests to restore disaster damaged forests. Learn more here.

Farm Loan Discovery Tool

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) can help agricultural landowners and producers address disaster related resource concerns on their land.

Learn more about NRCS programs here.

Timber Casualty Loss Information 

Florida Forest Service Hurricane Recovery Resources 

Application of BMPs: Emergency Operations

Find your county forester.

Agriculture and Aquaculture Producers Natural Disaster Recovery Loan Program

Assessment and Management of  Hurricane-Damaged Timberlands

How to Hire a Tree Service for home owners

Information on FDOT Truck Weight Limit Waivers

Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program
The Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan program provides short-term, zero-interest working capital loans that are intended to “bridge the gap” between the time a disaster impacts a business and when a business has secured longer term recovery funding such as federally or commercially available loans, insurance claims or other resources.

Price Gouging Information  (Office of the Attorney General)
Hotline 1-866-966-7226

List of Disaster Recovery Centers and Other Emergency Information (Division of Emergency Management)

Contact information for Master Loggers and Member Consulting Foresters and Timber Dealers