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Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)

Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) offers monetary support to manufacturers or entities that deliver eligible biomass product to designated biomass conversion facilities for use as heat, power, biobased items or biofuels. Initial support will be for the Collection, Harvest, Storage and Transportation (CHST) costs related to the delivery of eligible materials. Learn More

Conservation Reserve Program - State Acres For Wildlife Enhancement (CRP-SAFE)

CRP-SAFE enables manufacturers to install practices that benefit high priority State wildlife conservation objectives through the usage of targeted repair of crucial environment. The goal of SAFE is to produce varied grasslands in 18 southern Michigan counties and pollinator environment in 22 counties in the western Lower Peninsula. Landowners who pick to take part in the practice might receive 90 to 100 percent of the expense of transforming cropland into wildlife habitat. They get rental payments for 10 to 15 years.

A loan made to eligible candidates to buy, enlarge, or make capital improvements to household farms, or to promote soil and water preservation and security. Maximum loan amount is $300,000. A percentage of direct farm ownership loan funds is targeted for beginning farmers and socially disadvantaged candidates as mandated by areas 346 and 355 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (Pub. L. 87-128) (CONACT) (7 U.S.C. 1994 and 7 U.S.C. 2003), respectively. The statutory authority for direct farm ownership loans is section 302 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1922). Discover more

A loan made to a qualified candidate to assist with the financial costs of operating a farm. Maximum loan amount is $300,000. A percentage of direct operating loan funds is targeted for beginning farmers as mandated areas 346 and 355 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (Pub. L. 87-128) (CONACT) (7 U.S.C. 1994 and 7 U.S.C. 2003), respectively. The statutory authority for direct operating loans is section 311 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1911). Find out more

A loan made by another lending institution and ensured by FSA to qualified applicants to acquire, increase the size of, or make capital enhancements to family farms, or to promote soil and water preservation and protection. Maximum loan amount is $1,112,000. A percentage of guaranteed farm ownership loan funds is targeted for beginning farmers as mandated by sections 346 and 355 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (CONACT) (Pub. L. 87-128) (7 U.S.C. 1994 and 7 U.S.C. 2003), respectively. The statutory authority for guaranteed farm ownership loans is section 302 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1922). Discover more

A loan made by another loan provider and ensured by FSA to an eligible candidate to help with the monetary expenses of operating a farm. Maximum loan quantity is $1,112,000. A portion of ensured operating loan funds is targeted for beginning farmers as mandated areas 346 and 355 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (Pub. L. 87-128) (CONACT) (7 U.S.C. 1994 and 7 U.S.C. 2003), respectively. The statutory authority for ensured operating loans is Section 311 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1941). Discover more

Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)

The 2014 Farm Bill authorized the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) to provide compensation to qualified livestock producers who have suffered grazing losses for covered animals on land that is native or improved pastureland with permanent vegetative cover or is planted specifically for grazing. The grazing losses need to be due to a certifying drought condition throughout the regular grazing period for the county. Find out more

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)

The 2014 Farm Bill authorized the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) to offer benefits to livestock manufacturers for animals deaths in excess of normal mortality brought on by qualified loss conditions, consisting of qualified adverse weather condition, qualified illness and qualified attacks (attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law, including wolves and avian predators). LIP payments amount to 75 percent of the marketplace worth of the suitable livestock on the day before the date of death of the animals as determined by the Secretary. Learn More

Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy)

The Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) is a voluntary threat management program for dairy manufacturers licensed by the 2014 Farm Bill through Dec. 31, 2018. Significant modifications to MPP-Dairy for the 2018 coverage year are further licensed by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. The MPP-Dairy offers defense to dairy manufacturers when the distinction between the all milk price and the typical feed cost (the margin) falls below a specific dollar quantity picked by the manufacturer. Discover more

Part VII of subtitle B of Title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359 et seq.), as modified by section 1403 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-171), provides that, at the start of each , CCC will develop marketing allocations for domestically produced sugar from sugar beets and domestically produced sugarcane. The Secretary will aim to develop an overall allocation quantity that leads to no forfeitures of sugar to CCC under the sugar loan program. The Secretary will make quotes of sugar consumption, stocks, production, and imports for a crop year as needed, but not later than the beginning of each of the second through 4th quarters of the crop year. Prior to the beginning of the fiscal year, these estimates should be updated.