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Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)
Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) offers financial support to producers or entities that provide eligible biomass product to designated biomass conversion facilities for usage as heat, power, biobased items or biofuels. Initial assistance will be for the Collection, Harvest, Storage and Transportation (CHST) costs associated with the shipment of qualified materials. Find out more
Conservation Reserve Program - State Acres For Wildlife Enhancement (CRP-SAFE)
CRP-SAFE enables producers to install practices that benefit high priority State wildlife conservation objectives through the use of targeted repair of crucial environment. The objective of SAFE is to create diverse meadows in 18 southern Michigan counties and pollinator environment in 22 counties in the western Lower Peninsula. Landowners who select to take part in the practice may receive 90 to one hundred percent of the cost of transforming cropland into wildlife environment. They get rental payments for 10 to 15 years.
A loan made to qualified candidates to acquire, expand, or make capital enhancements to family farms, or to promote soil and water conservation and security. Maximum loan amount is $300,000. A portion of direct farm ownership loan funds is targeted for starting farmers and socially disadvantaged applicants 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 area 302 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1922). Discover more
A loan made to a qualified applicant to assist with the financial expenses of operating a farm. Maximum loan quantity is $300,000. A percentage of direct operating loan funds is targeted for beginning farmers as mandated sections 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). Discover more
A loan made by another lender and guaranteed by FSA to eligible candidates to acquire, enlarge, or make capital enhancements to family farms, or to promote soil and water conservation and defense. Maximum loan amount is $1,112,000. A percentage of guaranteed farm ownership loan funds is targeted for beginning farmers as mandated by areas 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 ensured farm ownership loans is section 302 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1922). Find out more
A loan made by another lending institution and guaranteed by FSA to an eligible applicant to help with the monetary expenses of running a farm. Maximum loan quantity is $1,112,000. A percentage of guaranteed operating loan funds is targeted for starting farmers as mandated sections 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 guaranteed operating loans is Section 311 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1941). Find out more
Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)
The 2014 Farm Bill authorized the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) to offer compensation to eligible livestock producers who have actually suffered grazing losses for covered animals on land that is native or better pastureland with long-term vegetative cover or is planted particularly for grazing. The grazing losses need to be due to a qualifying drought condition throughout the regular grazing period for the county. Discover more
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
The 2014 Farm Bill authorized the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) to provide advantages to animals manufacturers for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by eligible loss conditions, consisting of eligible negative weather, qualified disease and eligible attacks (attacks by animals reestablished into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law, consisting of wolves and bird predators). LIP payments amount to 75 percent of the market worth of the relevant livestock on the day before the date of death of the animals as identified by the Secretary. Learn More
Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy)
The Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) is a voluntary danger management program for dairy producers authorized 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 producers when the distinction in between the all milk cost and the average feed (the margin) falls listed below a specific dollar amount 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 amended by section 1403 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-171), provides that, at the beginning of each , CCC will develop marketing allotments for locally produced sugar from sugar beets and domestically produced sugarcane. The Secretary will strive to establish an overall allocation amount that results in no forfeits of sugar to CCC under the sugar loan program. The Secretary shall make estimates of sugar intake, stocks, production, and imports for a crop year as needed, however not behind the beginning of each of the second through 4th quarters of the crop year. Prior to the start of the fiscal year, these quotes must be upgraded.