Natural Disaster Recovery II Program for Agriculture (NDRII) (2023-2024)
Natural Disaster Recovery II Program for Agriculture (NDRII) (2023-2024) supports Massachusetts farms with weather-related loss recovery assistance to rebuild, strengthen resilience, and sustain production.
Funder: Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
Due Dates: August 28, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. (Applicant questions) | October 30, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. (Application)
Funding Amounts: Up to 95% of reported eligible losses; final payments depend on total eligible claims
Summary: Supports Massachusetts agricultural operations recovering from eligible weather-related losses in 2023 and 2024.
Key Information: Claims must be associated with an actual loss; activities undertaken to prevent a loss are not eligible.
Description
The Natural Disaster Recovery II Program for Agriculture (NDRII), administered by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), provides financial assistance to agricultural operations that suffered weather-related losses in 2023 or 2024. It aims to help farms rebuild and recover, support farm sustainability, strengthen resilience, and enable ongoing production in Massachusetts.
The program covers necessary expenses related to crop loss, future economic loss, timber loss, infrastructure loss, and bare-ground practices necessary to mitigate land loss. Eligible losses must directly affect agricultural crop production or storage. Assistance includes qualifying market losses as well as physical damage, with eligibility and loss thresholds governed by the Request for Response (RFR).
