Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire (FW) Stage 2

OMB Approved No: 0503-0028
OMB Expiration Date: 10/31/2027

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FSA-970
EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK RELIEF PROGAM (ELRP) 2023 & 2024 FLOOD AND
WILDFIRE (FW)
This form will be used for livestock producers to apply for ELRP 2023 & 2024 FW benefits.

This form is to be filed in the livestock producer’s recording County Office listed on the
application in Item 5A.
Customers who have established electronic access credentials with USDA may electronically transmit this form to the
USDA servicing office, provided that (1) the customer submitting the form is the only person required to sign the
transaction, or (2) the customer has an approved Power of Attorney (Form FSA-211) on file with USDA to sign for other
customers for the program and type of transaction represented by this form.
Features for transmitting the form electronically are available to those customers with access credentials only. If you
would like to establish online access credentials with USDA, follow the instructions provided at the USDA eForms web
site.

Items 1- 5 are for FSA use only.
Part A Producer Agreement
Items 6-19 are completed by the producer:
Item

Instruction

7
Information Line

Enter address information line, if applicable (optional entry).

8A – 8E
Address, City,
State, Zip

Item 8A Enter the producer’s Address Line 1.

6
Producer’s Name
(Person or legal
Entity)

Enter the producer’s name.

Item 8B Enter the producer’s Address Line 2, if applicable (optional entry).
Item 8C Enter the producer’s City.
Item 8D Enter the producer’s State.
Item 8E Enter the producer’s postal Zip Code.

9A & 9B
Phone Numbers
(Including Area
Code)

Item 9A Enter the producer’s primary phone number; check “Home” or “Cell”.

10
Email Address

Enter the producer’s email address.

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Item 9B Enter the producer’s alternate phone number; check “Home” or “Cell”.

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Part B Producer Agreement - Producer Agreement (Informational Purposes)
Eligible livestock producers must agree to the items listed in this section when certifying and
signing the form in Part F.
Part C Disaster Event
Items 11-15 are completed by the producer:
Item

Instruction

11
Disaster Event
Number

Enter a disaster event number starting with “1”.

12
Physical State and
County

Enter the physical state and county where the qualifying disaster event in item 13 occurred.

13
Disaster Event
Type
(Flood, or Wildfire)

Enter one of the following qualifying disaster event types:

14
Beginning Date of
Disaster Event
(MM/DD/YYYY)

Enter the beginning date of the disaster event in item 13.

15
Qualifying
Disaster Event
Eligibility

Check the applicable response for the disaster event in item 13.

Note: Each line item will have a new consecutive number.

•
•

Flood
Wildfire

•

Select “County – DAFP Approved” if the physical state and county in item 12 is on the public
list of the Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs (DAFP) qualifying disaster event counties
found at https://www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/programs/emergency-livestock-relief-programelrp.

•

Select “Individual – Supporting Documentation Required” if the physical state and county in
item 12 is not on the public list of qualifying disaster event counties.
Note: Supporting documentation is required to be submitted at the time of application that
provides the County Committee adequate verification that the disaster event meets the
qualifying disaster event criteria established by DAFP.

Part D Livestock Information
Items 16-19 are completed by the producer:
Item

Instruction

17
Livestock
Kind/Type/Weight

Enter the eligible livestock by kind, type, and weight range that were physically located in the
state and county in Item 12, or normally would have been absent of the disaster event in Item 13
associated with the disaster event number in Item 16,

16
Disaster Event
Number

Enter the disaster event number from Part C, Item 11 for each livestock kind/type and weight
range that were affected by the disaster event associated with the applicable disaster event
number.

The following are the covered livestock kind, type, and weight range:

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Item

Instruction
Livestock
Kind

Type/Weight Range
Adult Beef Cows and Bulls

Beef

Non adult 500 lbs or more
Non-adult less than 500 lbs
Adult Dairy Cows and Bulls

Dairy

Non-adult 500 lbs or more
Non-adult less than 500 lbs

Buffalo,
Bison,
Beefalo

Adult Cows and Bulls

Sheep

All

Goats

All

Deer

All

Equine

All

Elk

All

Reindeer

All

Alpacas

All

Emus

All

Llamas

All

Ostrich

All

Non-adult 500 lbs or more
Non-adult less than 500 lbs

18
Number of
Livestock in
Inventory on the
Beginning Date of
Disaster Event

Enter the number of head for the livestock kind, type, and weight entered in item 17 that were in
inventory on the beginning date of the disaster event in item 14 for the associated disaster event
number in Item 16.

19
Share %

Enter the producer’s share of the livestock inventory entered in item 18.

Item 20 & 21 is for FSA use only.
Items 22 – 28 are completed by the producer:
Item

Instruction

27
Associated
Producers

Enter the associated producers that have a share in the livestock provided in part D.

28A
Producer
Signature

Producers requesting an ELRP 2023 & 2024 FW payment must sign certifying to the information
in Parts A through E, as applicable.

28B

Enter title and/or relationship to the individual when signing in a representative capacity.

22 - 26
Producer Eligibility
Questions

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Check “Yes” or “No” as applicable, to the producer eligibility questions.

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Instruction

28C
(MM-DD-YYYY)

Enter the date the FSA-970 is signed in Item 28A.

Title/Relationship
of Representative

Note: If the producer signing is not signing in a representative capacity, this field should be left
blank.

Item 29 is for FSA use only.

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