Crop Production Loss Program

Program Overview

The Crop Production Loss Program supports producers who experienced reduced crop revenue due to eligible weather events during 2023 and/or 2024. Assistance is based on documented production and revenue losses. Payment amounts are not to exceed 95% of the total reported loss or up to $1,000,000 for each year.

Who Should Visit This Page?

Producers who:

Experienced reduced crop production or revenue
Lost crops because of excessive rain, flooding, drought, or other qualifying weather events
Have tax and revenue records documenting impacts during 2023 and/or 2024

Before You Apply

To apply for Crop Production Loss assistance, producers should begin gathering:

Tax records and Schedule F forms for applicable years (2020 through 2025), so a representative baseline year can be selected
Revenue and production records
Insurance settlement documentation, if applicable
Photographs or other evidence of crop damage, if available
FSA acreage records, if applicable
Documentation of any disaster assistance already received

CT DoAg will provide additional guidance and application instructions when the program portal opens.

Important Reminders

Losses must meet the $500 minimum program threshold.
Compensation already received through insurance or other recovery programs may affect payment calculations.
Applications must include supporting documentation.
Applicants must be able to document crop production or revenue losses resulting from eligible weather events in 2023 and/or 2024.
Payment amounts are based on documented losses and established program methodologies.

How Payments Are Calculated

Crop Production Loss payments are based on the revenue you lost, using established program methodologies. The overview below explains how the category works and what to expect.

Two ways to calculate your loss

Select either payment calculation method for each claimed disaster year. A producer may apply a different method to each year (2023 and/or 2024):

Standard Revenue Method – Compares your Allowable Gross Revenue (AGR) in a single baseline year you select (any one year from 2020 through 2025) against your AGR in the disaster year(s). The difference is your revenue loss.

Minimum Payment Method – A simplified, flat-rate option calculated as a percentage of your Allowable Gross Revenue for the applicable disaster year. This method requires the disaster-year tax return.

Special cases for revenue calculation

Significant acreage changes (± 25%) – If the acreage you had in production increased or decreased by at least 25% and your baseline year does not reflect your disaster-year operation, expected revenue can be estimated using USDA National Crop Table values for the crop’s yield and price per acre.

Feed and forage grown for on-farm use – If you grew crops exclusively to feed your own livestock rather than for commercial sale, those losses can be calculated using your acres, yield, and price per crop type.

Payment caps (per crop year)

Standard Revenue Method – the lesser of your calculated recovery or $1,000,000 per crop year.

Minimum Payment Method – the lesser of your calculated recovery or $150,000 per crop year.

Program Factor and Payment Factor

Program Factor (95%) – Assistance covers up to 95% of your eligible loss.

Payment Factor (possible proration) – If total demand in a category exceeds available funding, CT DoAg may apply a payment factor to prorate awards equitably across all applicants. This means a final payment could be less than the calculated amount.