Flood Compensation Payments Begin

August 30, 1999

USDA will begin distributing $42 million to farmers and ranchers whose crop land was damaged by flooding. Farmers in the upper Missouri River Basin and prairie pothole region will be among those compensated by the program.

The Flood Compensation Program compensates farmers in certain eligible counties, including those in northeastern South Dakota and the Devil's Lake area of North Dakota, for losses of crop land or pasture due to flood during Oct.. 1, 1997, through Sept. 30, 1998. Farmers in some counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri also qualified for assistance.