Supporting Agriculture Through Emergency Response and Recovery. Jeff Bloomquist, USDA FSA - Minnesota Dan Janes, USDA FSA - North Dakota

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1 Supporting Agriculture Through Emergency Response and Recovery Jeff Bloomquist, USDA FSA - Minnesota Dan Janes, USDA FSA - North Dakota

2 About FSA FSA is part of USDA Administers commodity, credit, conservation, disaster and loan programs Over 2300 county offices Approximately 13,000 employees total 8,000 locally elected county committee members 2

3 GIS in FSA Farm Programs based on Crop acreage Land use history Located within priority area Other natural characteristics (soil, hydrography ) Loans secured by collateral Disaster programs Area impacted Resource allocation 3

4 Common Land Unit The CLU is the basic building block of GIS for FSA Smallest unit of land that has a Permanent boundary Common land cover and management Common owner Common producer Attributes include producer ID, owner ID, erosion risk, land classification 4

5 FSA Disaster Programs Agricultural Assistance Act of 2007 provides about $3 Billion in aid Crop Disaster Program (CDP) Livestock Compensation Program (LCP)* Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)* Dairy Disaster Assistance Program (DDAP)* Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program (EFCRP) Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) 2008 Farm Bill has a permanent disaster provision * Only in disaster declared/designated counties 5

6 USDA Secretarial Designation 1. Governor makes request within 3 months of disaster 2. FSA county offices assemble required loss information for the Damage Assessment Report (DAR) 3. FSA National Headquarters (NHQ) notifies State Executive Director (SED) of request, counties complete DAR 4. DAR submitted to State Emergency Board (SEB) 5. SEB reviews DAR and submits to NHQ 6. FSA Disaster Assistance Branch reviews information to be signed by Secretary 6

7 Assessment Process Identify disaster type and area impacted Identify potential assistance needed Estimate losses to: Crops Livestock Farm facilities, land Submit information to FSA State Office 7

8 STORM Reporting 8

9 Problems with Existing Assessment Methods 9

10 How Can GIS Improve the Process? Utilize existing data sources Stronger documentation of subjective decisions Better integration of objective data Consistency from one disaster to the next (A playbook) Learn from history / Model previous events For example. 10

11 Utilize Existing data 11

12 Integration of External Data Use a team approach let the meteorologists figure out the weather, let the farm people figure out crop losses 12

13 Targeted Disaster Response ECP 13

14 Slow disasters pose different challenges Not always newsworthy short attention span Is it really a disaster or the new normal Impacts aren t always immediately identifiable 14

15 Case Study Dakota County, MN 15

16 Case Study Mountrail County, ND 16

17 Future Goals Documentation Case studies, how-to guides, best practices Integration of GIS with assessment process Education Get the GIS people smarter on ag, get the ag people smarter on GIS Base Data Identify more disaster resources HUREVAC, NSSL MESH data, HAZUS 17

18 Data Sources Farm Service Agency Disaster Program Information NOAA National Climatic Data Center NOAA Storm Prediction Center FEMA HURREVAC and HAZUS 18

19 Questions? 19