Livestock Operator Fire & Flood Assistance Program (LOFFAP)

Livestock Operator Fire & Flood Assistance Program (LOFFAP) is sponsored by Arizona Department of Agriculture. Provides critical financial relief and infrastructure restoration assistance to Arizona livestock operators who have been severely impacted by catastrophic wildfires and subsequent flooding events.

[](https://agriculture. az. gov/about-us/divisions/agriculture-food-systems-support/livestock-operator-fire-and-flood-assistance) ### Livestock Operator Fire and Flood Assistance Program (LOFFAP) The Livestock Operator Fire and Flood Assistance Program (LOFFAP) is an active state grant relief vehicle managed by the Arizona Department of Agriculture.

The core purpose of the LOFFAP is to provide an immediate, structured source of funding for qualifying landowners and lessees of a livestock operation who require urgent infrastructure reconstruction assistance as a direct result of damage caused by a single wildfire or that specific wildfire's subsequent downstream flooding.

Wildfires and the severe post-fire flash flooding common across Arizona's rangelands often decimate basic agricultural infrastructure, jeopardizing livestock operations and localized food chain security. LOFFAP helps operators recover by financing critical repairs, allowing producers to rebuild essential barriers, protect water resources, and safely continue active operations.

### Eligible Applicant Criteria To qualify for funding consideration under the active 2026-3 program guidelines, applicants must be livestock-operation landowners or lessees who satisfy all of the following statutory requirements: **Animal Capacity:** Must own or lease over forty (40) individual animals, as defined explicitly by the metrics within the official Grant Manual, as part of an active livestock operation.

**Wildfire Impact:** Livestock-operation infrastructure must have been physically damaged or destroyed as a direct result of a single wildfire event or that wildfire's associated flooding. **Operational Continuity:** Must demonstrate a clear, verifiable need for capital infrastructure repair assistance to successfully continue the underlying livestock operation.

**Funding Ineligibility:** Must be entirely ineligible for funding from, or only partially funded by, another alternative federal or state program to repair the specific damaged infrastructure items listed in the proposal.