The Georgia Green Industry Association is in contact with many growers in the southerly half of Georgia who have been affect by Hurricane Michael . harm ranges from revolutionize glasshouse store to severe red of both structures and crop .
This photo fromGreenbrier Nurseriesillustrates the damage Hurricane Michael has caused to the nursery industry .
GGIA staff will be joining UGA Extension in these affected area on Friday , October 12th , and there will most sure as shooting be needs and opportunities for those who are unforced to help oneself with Department of Labor , equipment and other indigence .
In the meantime , if you have been impacted by the violent storm , please notify GGIA so that they can put across with local , state and home functionary .
Georgia Green Industry AssociationGGIA Office : 706 - 632 - 0100 . Jennifer Addington -[email protected ] , Ashley Prather -[email protect ]
Chris Butts Direct : 706 - 540 - 2813 or[email protect ]
GGIA also published a list of additional resource from both the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Farm Service Agency :
Farm Service AgencyLocal Agency Locator : https://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov / locator / app
USDAUSDA recently launch a disaster help breakthrough tool through its new site Farmers.gov that walk producer through five questions to avail them distinguish personalized event of which USDA disaster assistance programs can aid them recuperate after a rude disaster.https://www.farmers.gov/recover/disaster-assistance-tool#step-1
Tree Assistance Program ( TAP)The Agricultural Act of 2014 ( the 2014 Farm Bill ) authorize the Tree Assistance Program ( TAP ) to provide fiscal help to qualifying orchardists and greenhouse tree cultivator to replant or rehabilitate eligible trees , President Bush and vines damaged by instinctive cataclysm . The 2014 Farm Bill makes TAP a permanent disaster syllabus and allow retroactive authority to underwrite eligible loss back to Oct. 1 , 2011.https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/disaster-assistance-program/tree-assistance-program/index
Emergency Farm LoansWhen a twister , flood , or drouth tap , or a quarantine is impose by the Secretary of Agriculture , or when other raw disaster take place , FSA ’s Emergency loanword programme is there to help eligible farmers and ranchers rebuild and recuperate from free burning losses.https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/farm-loan-programs/emergency-farm-loans/index
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program ( NAP)NAP provide financial assistance to manufacturer of noninsurable crops when scurvy return , loss of inventory , or prevented planting occur due to innate disasters.https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/disaster-assistance-program/noninsured-crop-disaster-assistance/index
