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Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program

Program Information

Popular name

ELAP

Program Number

10.110

Program objective

ELAP provides financial assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish for losses due to disease, certain adverse weather events or loss conditions, including blizzards and wildfires, as determined by the Secretary. ELAP assistance is provided for losses not covered by other disaster assistance programs authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, such as losses not covered by the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) and the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP).

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2024

    ELAP paid over 6,500 producers the amount of $254,006,324 in 2024

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Program is announced through news media and in letters to agricultural producers in the counties. See also 7 CFR Part 1416.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Agricultural

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Farmer/Rancher/Agriculture Producer

Additional resources