Supplemental Disaster Relief Program Stage 2 Now Open

USDA Launches New Round of Disaster Aid

The American Relief Act, 2025, provides more than $16 billion in disaster relief payments to producers who suffered revenue, quality or production losses to crops, trees, bushes, or vines due to qualifying disaster events in calendar years 2023 and 2024.

The Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) funded through the American Relief Act, 2025, will be administered in two stages. Producers can receive payments in both stages, if applicable, and for one or both years, depending on losses.

Stage 1

• Application period for producers with indemnified losses. Stage 1 leverages existing Federal Crop Insurance or Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) data as the basis for calculating payments
• The enrollment period for Stage 1 is currently open and closes April 30, 2026

Stage 2

• Application period for producers with non-indemnified (including shallow losses), uncovered (uninsured), and quality losses. Stage 2 covers eligible crop, tree, bush and vine losses
• The enrollment period for Stage 2 is currently open and closes April 30, 2026

What Farmers Need to Know

1. How to Apply
2. Farmers will submit the complete and signed FSA-526 for Stage 1 and FSA-504 for Stage 2 to their FSA county office by one of the following methods:
3. In-person
4. Electronically using Box and One-span
5. Email
6. Fax
7. Visit a local FSA county office to request an application
8. Complete the list of required forms on file with FSA
9. Check future insurance coverage requirements
10. All producers who receive SDRP payments (Stage 1 and Stage 2) are required to purchase federal crop insurance or NAP coverage for the next two available crop years at the 60% coverage level or higher.