US EditionUSDA Grants More than $675M for Florida's Hurricane-Affected Farmers
FLORIDA, JUL 21 – The $675.9 million block grant will address infrastructure, citrus, timber, and market losses from multiple hurricanes causing over $3 billion in agricultural damages, USDA said.
- On Monday, July 21, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins signed a $675.9 million block grant agreement with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in Hendry County, Florida.
- Under the American Relief Act, 2025, Florida became the first state to secure the block grant, marking a unique prioritization in disaster relief distribution.
- Facing over $3 billion in hurricane losses, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson said, while the USDA noted the funding will cover infrastructure, citrus, and timber losses plus direct market impacts.
- USDA officials said they're partnering with the state to get help out the door fast, while industry leaders Steven Callaham and Mike Joyner said `this relief couldn’t have come sooner`.
- Disbursements are slated to begin upon USDA approval of FDACS’s detailed Work Plan and FDACS will manage funds through the Farm Service Agency, making them available to producers in designated disaster counties from the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
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USDA signs $675.9M agreement with FDACS to help Florida farmers
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins signed a $675.9 million block grant agreement with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on Monday in Hendry County.Leer en españolRollins said the USDA-FDACS agreement aims to help farmers to recover from Hurricanes Idalia, Debby, Helene and Milton and cover the cost of infrastructure and citrus and timber losses.“America’s farmers and ranchers across the Southeast and in Flo…
Florida gets federal agriculture aid
©2025 The News Service of Florida Florida will oversee $675.9 million in federal money to help the state’s agriculture industry recover from hurricane damage in 2023 and 2024. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins traveled to CPI citrus groves in Hendry County on Monday to announce a block-grant agreement with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The money is expected to go toward infrastructure, citrus and timber …
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