Wisconsin FSA: Message from the State Executive Director

Greetings from the Farm Service Agency!  

It is an honor to serve as the Wisconsin FSA State Executive Director again, after serving in this position during the first Trump Administration.

I grew up in Grant County and now live in Dane County, both counties have a huge production agriculture footprint in Wisconsin. My family was involved in farming and now rents our farm to a neighbor who grows corn and soybeans, and we also have a timber stand. My previous career experience is focused on agriculture and rural policy, with service on Capitol Hill, at the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, and at FSA.

I’m proud to once again be part of an administration that puts Farmers First. Our Wisconsin FSA employees go the extra mile to provide excellent customer service to producers.

Our local FSA offices have been busy with the July 15 acreage reporting deadline approaching, and we also just wrapped up the Conservation Reserve Program general and continuous enrollment.

We are also rolling out a suite of Supplemental Disaster Assistance programs.  Here’s a quick rundown:

• The Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) sign-up runs through Aug. 15, 2025. ECAP payments are based on your 2024 planted and prevented planted acres.  In Wisconsin, payments were made primarily on corn, soybeans, oats and wheat. We’ve already approved close to 20,000 applications, so this is a reminder to those who haven’t submitted their application.

• The Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) for Drought and Wildfire provides assistance for losses due to drought or wildfires in 2023 and 2024. Payments have already been issued to producers who have an approved Livestock Forage Disaster Program application on file for those years. A second round of ELRP will be announced in mid-August for producers impacted by flooding.

• More information will be provided soon for the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program which will provide assistance to producers with revenue, quality or production losses due to eligible weather related events in 2023 and 2024.

I’m looking forward to meeting producers across the state as I visit FSA county offices this summer. Sending my very best wishes for a productive harvest this year.