How to Apply for Drought Relief webinar
Description
Weds. June 22, 12 pm to 1:15 pm
Register: https://z.umn.edu/
Minnesota Specialty Crop and Livestock farmers can apply for up to $7,500 per farm (sole proprietor) for expenses due to the 2021 drought as part of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Drought Relief Program. Do you or someone you know qualify? Get ready now to apply as soon as the application is available!
Applications will likely open June 21 and be open for approximately 10 business days. This pair of webinars will help you prepare to apply. They will focus on specialty crops, but much of the information is the same for livestock producers and they are also welcome to attend. This webinar will cover the details of how farmers can apply for drought relief. This 1-hour webinar plus question and answer time will walk through an example of the whole application process.
Hmong, Spanish, Somali, and Swahili interpretation will be provided. Other languages may be available and language requests will be considered. Please contact Jane Jewett at jewet006@umn.edu to ask about other languages. Language requests must be received by June 17.
Thank you to our solid collaborators from the agricultural and local food community who are working together to offer this webinar to help prepare farmers to apply for drought relief: Big River Farms, Land Stewardship Project, MN Farmers’ Market Association, MN Farmers Union, MN Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, MN SARE, Renewing the Countryside, The Good Acre, and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.