County producers may be eligible for emergency assistance

Fire and drought have caused severe damage in Phillips County. Farms and ranches suffering from drought and/or fire damage may be eligible for assistance under the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) administered by the Phillips County Farm Service Agency (FSA).

To be eligible for program benefit livestock producers must have a failed water source or a conservation structure lost to fire. A producer qualifying for ECP assistance may receive cost-share levels not to exceed 75 percent of the eligible cost of restoration measures. No producer is eligible for more than $200,000 cost sharing per n...