Midwest Nonprofit Helps 800th Farm Family

Oct. 1, 2021, 11:37 a.m. ·

Flatbed semi truck parks with a load full of hay bails.
During the service campaign dubbed 'Operation Hay Lift' in 2019, Farm Rescue was able to help nearly 100 families who couldn't feed their livestock, due to extreme flooding. (Photo courtesy of Farm Rescue)

A Midwest nonprofit has now helped 800 farm families in its seven-state region, including Nebraska. ‘Farm Rescue’ began in 2006 and assists farmers, when families experience major injury, illness, or natural disaster.

Dan Erdmann is the Program Director at Farm Rescue and said his organization served Nebraskans during the 2019 floods.

“It was a lot of deliveries to these drop sites during the flooding, so they’d be able to continue feeding their cattle,” he said. “Through that campaign, we helped just under 100 families. [There were] 95 or 96 families that received hay through ‘Operation Hay Lift,’ just in the state of Nebraska.”

In addition to feeding livestock, Farm Rescue has helped Nebraskans plant and harvest commodity crops. They will continue to support ranchers during floods and wildfires, as they have in the past.

Farm Rescue’s team has expanded over the years, just like their service area. They branched out to Nebraska in 2017, after launching in North Dakota.

For more information about Farm Rescue and how to apply for assistance, visit farmrescue.org.