Ag Damage Assessment and Economic Loss

The Ag Damage Assessment Form provides a standardized method for individuals who are interested in determining the extent of damages to agricultural commodities and structures.Local, third-party, independent damage assessment may be done by representatives of Farm Service Agency; APHIS; Cooperative Extension; the local Emergency Management Agency; other local, state, federal agencies; or by insurance company representatives. Regardless of the intended use of agricultural disaster loss information, the approach used by this Ag Damage Assessment Form can provide rapid and accurate information to the assessment process of determining agricultural damages and economic losses.

The Ag Damage Assessment Form provides spaces tor record details needed to determine the exact location and the scale of agricultural damage and loss. The Ag Damage Assessment Form includes sections for agricultural losses, including: animal and crop/plant commodities, structures, stored materials, and machinery and equipment. If losses occur for agricultural items not listed, “other” spaces are provided to add/describe additional losses.

WHEN DISASTER STRIKES

Ag Damage Assessment Forms can help you quickly, easily, and accurately:

• assess damage to all agricultural inventory
• estimate economic loss

The Agricultural Damage Assessment Form can provide a quick and easy method to make an accurate assessment of damage, and an accurate estimate of the economic loss to agriculture.

• Reduce guesswork—more accurate
• Examples show the process
• User Guide explains each section
• On-line webinar training
• PowerPoint^TM  training with instructor notes.

One simple form for every type of disaster, for all agriculture, and every state and region.

Visit http://extension.psu.edu/agdamage to access and download all the resources.

A USDA/NIFA funded project.