Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program (PLIP)

Are you a swine, chicken, or turkey producer who suffered losses due to insufficient access to processing facilities during the coronavirus pandemic? USDA’s Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program will provide financial relief for those losses and costs associated with depopulation due to COVID-19. This new program is part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative.

PLIP provides financial assistance to support producers of eligible swine, chickens, and turkeys depopulated from March 1, 2020, through December 26, 2020. To be eligible, depopulation of your poultry or livestock must have been due to insufficient processing access resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Livestock and poultry also must have been physically located in the United States or a territory of the United States at the time of depopulation.

To be eligible for PLIP, an individual or legal entity must:

• Have had legal ownership associated with the livestock or poultry as of the day of depopulation. Please note that packers, live poultry dealers, and contract growers are not eligible for PLIP.

• Have an average adjusted gross income (AGI) of less than $900,000 for tax years 2016, 2017, and 2018. For joint ventures and general partnerships, this AGI provision will be applied to individual members.

• Comply with provisions of the “Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation” regulations, often called the conservation compliance provisions. These will be addressed via form AD-1026 during the application process.

• Not have a controlled substance violation.

• Be a citizen of the United States or a resident alien.

• Submit a complete PLIP application form (FSA-620) and provide all required documentation. The below section details all documents required to apply for PLIP.

If you have questions about your eligibility, please contact the FSA office at your local USDA Service Center or call 877-508-8364 to speak directly with a USDA employee ready to offer assistance.

PLIP payments will compensate eligible producers for 80 percent of the loss of the eligible livestock or poultry, and for the cost of depopulation and disposal, based on a single payment rate per head. Any previous payments you received for disposal of your animals under a state program or USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program will be subtracted from the final PLIP payment amount. The payments will also be reduced by any CFAP 1 and CFAP 2 payments paid on the same inventory of swine that were depopulated. There is no per person or legal entity payment limitation on PLIP payments.

Payment rates per head are outlined by category in the table found here.

• Frequently Asked Questions about the Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program

• Notice of Funds Availability: Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program 

• Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program Fact Sheet in English

• Daim Ntawv Qhia Qhov Tseeb Txog Khoos Kas Pab Nyiaj Rau Kab Mob Sib Kis Rau Tej Tsiaj Txhu uas sau ua lus Hmoob (Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program Fact Sheet in Hmong)

• Hoja informativa del Programa de Indemnización de Ganado por la Pandemia (PLIP) en Español (Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program Fact Sheet in Spanish) 

• Stakeholder Toolkit: Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program

• USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers Initiative

• News Release: USDA to Provide Pandemic Assistance to Livestock Producers for Animal Losses (July 13, 2021)