Do you have cattle, sheep, goats, or equine animals and have not signed up in the Livestock Forage program since it began in October 2024?  If so, the 2024 Livestock Forage Program (LFP) signup period has been extended until March 1, 2025.

The 2024 Livestock Forage Assistance Program (LFP) has been approved for DeKalb and Cannon counties due to recent and extreme drought conditions that have affected livestock grazing during the 2024 normal grazing period.  LFP provides compensation to eligible livestock producers that have suffered grazing losses for covered livestock on land with permanent vegetative cover or planted specifically for grazing.

Since the LFP signup began in early October 2024, nearly 450 livestock producers in DeKalb and Cannon counties have been approved and received just over $1 million.

If you are a livestock producer and have not filed your LFP application since the signup period began in early October 2024, please visit the FSA office in Smithville to file your application before the March 1, 2025 deadline. There are no approval provisions for late filed LFP applications.

For more information, call the office at 615-597-8225, Ext. 2, or come by the Smithville USDA Service Center located at 647 Bright Hill Rd., Smithville, Tennessee. The Farm Service Agency’s office hours are 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.