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Vermont agriculture leaders say federal block grant will follow state damage reports from 2023–24 floods and frost
Summary
Agency of Agriculture officials told the Senate Agriculture Committee that Vermont submitted loss data to USDA for a $220 million New England, Hawaii and Alaska block grant to compensate producers for 2023–24 severe-weather losses and that the state’s BGAP program has paid partial relief to farmers.
Secretary Anson Tebbetts, head of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, told the Senate Agriculture Committee on Jan. 16 that the agency has submitted its data on 2023–24 farm losses to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and expects a federal allocation that could fund flexible relief to affected producers.
“The total pot of money is $220,000,000 that will come to New England and those Hawaii and Alaska,” Tebbetts said, describing a USDA approach in which New England states will receive a direct appropriation and states will design grant programs to distribute funds to farmers.
The secretary and his staff briefed senators on the scope of…
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