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Ag Community

Check-in webinar: Friday, December 6, 2024, 10 a.m.

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Agricultural Pass Program: Agriculture - Ready Ventura County - Sponsored by Ventura County Sheriff and Ventura County Agriculture Commissioner/Weights and Measures.

Ventura County Farmworker Resource Center: Farmworker Resource Program – Human Services Agency - Sponsored by Ventura County Human Services Agency.

Ag Damage/Crop Loss

• Assessment forms for federal assistance qualification - https://www.venturacountyrecovers.org/recovery-information/mountain-fire-damage-agricultural-assessment-form/ - Sponsored by Ventura County Agriculture Commissioner/Weights and Measures.
• 2024 Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) Grants – Provides financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory, or prevented planting occur due to natural disasters – Presented by the Farm Service Agency and USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service.
• 2024 Tree Assistance Program Grants – Report your tree/bush/vine losses within 90 Days of the disaster or disease. TAP assists eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers in qualifying tree, shrub, and vine losses due to natural disasters, including fire – Sponsored by the Farm Service Agency and USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service.
• Assessing orchards post-fire: Topics in Subtropics - Agriculture and Natural Resources Blogs; Assessing Fire Damaged Avocado Trees - Topics in Subtropics - ANR Blogs; - Presented by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.
• Avocado fire damage tree care: Living with Fire - Cooperative Extension Ventura County; Avocado Orchards in Fire Season - Topics in Subtropics - ANR Blogs - Presented by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.
• Calculate avocado and citrus tree loss: Calculate Cost of Fire Damage to Citrus & Avocado Trees - Cooperative Extension Ventura County - Presented by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.
• Citrus fire mapping CCM GSI Map Fire Perimeters Layer - CALIFORNIA CITRUS MUTUAL - Sponsored by California Citrus Mutual.
• Effects of fire and ash to citrus and pests: Fire, Ash, Citrus and Pests - Topics in Subtropics - ANR Blogs - Presented by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.
• Mandarin damage: Hot Mandarins. What to Look forward to After a Fire - Topics in Subtropics - ANR Blogs - ANR Blogs – Presented by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.
• Replanting or grafting post-fire: Afer the Fire, Replant or Field Graft? - Topics in Subtropics - ANR Blogs - Presented by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Agricultural Recovery

• Ventura County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office: 805-933-2926; commissioner@ventura.org
• Emergency Loan Program – Available to producers with agriculture operations located in a county under a primary or contiguous Presidential or Secretarial disaster designation. These low-interest loans help producers recover from production and physical losses – Sponsored by the Farm Service Agency and USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service. Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties office: (805) 928-9269 x2; usda.gov/disaster. NOTE: Federal disaster declaration qualifying criteria currently under review.

• Emergency Conservation Program - Provides emergency funding for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate land severely damaged by natural disasters, including fence loss. Emergency incident must be located in a county under a primary or contiguous Presidential or Secretarial disaster designation. Sponsored by the Farm Service Agency and USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service. Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties office: (805) 928-9269 x2; usda.gov/disaster. NOTE: Federal disaster declaration qualifying criteria currently under review.

Recovery webinars – Presented by Ventura County agencies and groups:

November 13, 2024 Webinar #1 recording: Mountain Fire Ag Recovery Webinar 1: Immediate Considerations - YouTube

Webinar #2 - Recovery, Monday, November 18^, 2024, 10 a.m.

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Webinar #3: Ag Community Check In, Friday, December 6^th, 2024 10am

OR in Person: Ag Commissioner’s Office at 555 Airport Way, Camarillo - in the Harvest Room