Infrastructure Loss Program
Infrastructure Loss Program
Program Overview
The Infrastructure Loss Program provides financial assistance to producers who experienced damage to farm infrastructure as a result of eligible weather events during 2023 and/or 2024. Eligible losses may include damage to agricultural structures, irrigation systems, roads, culverts, bridges, plasticulture, and other qualifying farm infrastructure. 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:
- Sustained damage to barns, greenhouses, packing houses, or other agricultural structures
- Experienced damage to farm roads, bridges, culverts, irrigation systems, or plasticulture
- Repaired or replaced damaged infrastructure resulting from eligible weather events
- Have records documenting infrastructure losses, repairs, or replacement costs
Before You Apply
To apply for Infrastructure Loss assistance, producers should begin gathering:
- Repair and replacement invoices
- Receipts and proof of payment
- Contractor estimates or quotes
- Insurance settlement documentation, if applicable
- Photographs of damaged infrastructure
- Documentation demonstrating the agricultural use of the structure or infrastructure
- Records of any disaster assistance already received for the same loss
CT DoAg will provide additional guidance and application instructions when the program portal opens.
Important Reminders
- Infrastructure must already be repaired or replaced, with supporting receipts, to be eligible.
- Losses must meet the $500 minimum program threshold.
- Applicants must be able to document eligible infrastructure losses.
- Compensation already received through insurance or other recovery programs may affect payment calculations.
- Applications must include supporting documentation.
- Infrastructure repaired or replaced following the disaster should be supported by records of the work completed.
How Payments Are Calculated
Infrastructure Loss payments are based on the documented cost to repair or replace eligible farm infrastructure, using established program methodologies. The overview below explains how the category works and what to expect.
How losses are valued
Partial vs. total loss – A partial loss is valued from your receipts for the repair or reconstruction. A total loss is valued at the lesser of your receipts or standardized valuation tables (for example, building cost values and USDA rate values for the applicable structure).
Repair or replacement required – Only infrastructure that has actually been repaired or replaced, supported by receipts, is eligible.
Self-performed labor – If you completed the work yourself, an hourly reimbursement rate of $40 per hour per unit may apply, supported by an accounting of the hours spent on each project.
Repair or replacement required – Only infrastructure that has actually been repaired or replaced, supported by receipts, is eligible.
Self-performed labor – If you completed the work yourself, an hourly reimbursement rate of $40 per hour per unit may apply, supported by an accounting of the hours spent on each project.
Payment cap (per year)
Infrastructure Loss payments are the lesser of 95% of your eligible loss or $1,000,000 per 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, which could reduce a final payment below the calculated amount.
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, which could reduce a final payment below the calculated amount.