Farm Bureau of Ventura County has created a series of webinars for the ag community to provide support for the ag communities experiencing the Mountain Fire.
The next webinar event will be Mountain Fire Ag Recovery Webinar 2: Recovery Resources on November 18, 2024.
For more information on upcoming events, sign up for the Farm Bureau of Ventura County newsletter here.
The Farm Bureau of Ventura has collected the following wildfire resources:
211 Now : Active Disaster Resource Search Tool
Ventura County Fire Department Ready, Set, Go!
Ventura County Agricultural Commissioner
Ag Passes and other Information
805-933-2926 [email protected]
Ventura County Fire Safe Council Community Wildfire Protection Plans, Home Hardening Assessments, Training, Chipper Events, Interagency Coordination
Fire Recovery for Avocado and Citrus Growers -UCCE agronomic resources
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers disaster assistance and low-interest loan programs to assist in the recovery efforts following wildfires or other qualifying natural disasters.
Available programs and loans may include:
- 2024 Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) – provides financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory, or prevented planting occur due to natural disasters including excessive wind and qualifying drought (includes native grass for grazing).
- 2024 Tree Assistance Program-Report your tree/bush/vine losses within 90 Days of the disaster or disease. TAP provides assistance to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers for qualifying tree, shrub and vine losses due to natural disasters including fire.
- Emergency Loan Program – available to producers with agriculture operations located in a county under a primary or contiguous Presidential or Secretarial disaster designation. These low interest loans help producers recover from production and physical losses. Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) – provides emergency funding for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate land severely damaged by natural disasters; includes fence loss. Note: ECP for fire damage is not yet available. Use the QR code or link above to report your damage.
For more information on these programs, contact your Santa Barbara and Ventura County USDA Service Center at (805)928-9269 Ext. 2 or check out fsa.usda.gov/disaster.
