Source: AgriLife Extension Agent Fred Hall, Tarrant County
Producers are reminded to keep thorough records of all losses, including livestock death losses, as well as expenses for such things as feed purchases and extraordinary costs because of lost supplies and or increased transportation costs.
It is recommended that owners and producers record all pertinent information of natural disaster consequences, including:
- Documentation of the number and kind of livestock that have died, supplemented if possible by photographs or video records of ownership and losses;
- Dates of death supported by birth recordings or purchase receipts;
- Costs of transporting livestock to safer grounds or to move animals to new pastures;
- Feed purchases if supplies or grazing pastures are destroyed;
- Crop records, including seed and fertilizer purchases, planting and production records;
- Pictures with dates of all damage by flood waters;
- Evidence of damaged farm land.
For more information contact the local Farm Service Agency office at 817.645.7711. For information on managing livestock after a flood go to http://texashelp.tamu.edu.