Florida farmers incurred crop and infrastructure losses from hurricanes in 2023 and 2024. Hurricane Idalia, Hurricane Debby, Hurricane Helene, and Hurricane Milton together caused between $676 million and $1.25 billion in lost agricultural production in Florida. Damage to on-farm infrastructure amounted to additional losses.
Also, over the past three years commodity crop prices have fallen relative to production costs. Estimated production costs now exceed average crop revenues for numerous commodity crops, which means that many crop producers are incurring economic losses.
Recent legislation provides financial assistance to cover a portion of disaster losses and support farms experiencing declines in net farm income. This article summarizes farm assistance programs contained in the America Relief Act, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and Florida Senate bills 480 and 700.
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