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Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)

Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) provides monetary support to manufacturers or entities that deliver qualified biomass product to designated biomass conversion facilities for usage 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. Find out more

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

CRP-SAFE allows manufacturers to set up practices that benefit high priority State wildlife conservation objectives through using targeted remediation of crucial environment. The goal of SAFE is to develop varied meadows 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 get 90 to 100 percent of the expense of converting cropland into wildlife habitat. They receive rental payments for 10 to 15 years.

A loan made to eligible candidates to buy, expand, or make capital enhancements to household farms, or to promote soil and water conservation and defense. Maximum loan amount is $300,000. A portion of direct farm ownership loan funds is targeted for beginning farmers and socially disadvantaged candidates as mandated by 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 farm ownership loans is section 302 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1922). Discover more

A loan made to a qualified applicant to assist with the monetary costs of operating a farm. Maximum loan amount is $300,000. A portion 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 guaranteed by FSA to qualified candidates to purchase, increase the size of, or make capital improvements to household farms, or to promote soil and water conservation and security. Maximum loan quantity is $1,112,000. A portion of ensured farm ownership loan funds is targeted for starting 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 guaranteed farm ownership loans is area 302 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1922). Find out more

A loan made by another lender and ensured by FSA to an eligible applicant to help with the financial costs of running a farm. Maximum loan amount is $1,112,000. A portion of guaranteed 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). Learn More

Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)

The 2014 Farm Bill authorized the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) to supply payment to qualified livestock producers who have actually suffered grazing losses for covered animals on land that is native or enhanced pastureland with irreversible vegetative cover or is planted specifically for grazing. The grazing losses need to be because of a certifying drought condition throughout the typical grazing period for the county. Find out more

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)

The 2014 Farm Bill licensed the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) to provide benefits to livestock manufacturers for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality triggered by qualified loss conditions, consisting of qualified adverse weather condition, qualified disease and eligible attacks (attacks by animals reestablished into the wild by the federal government or secured by federal law, consisting of wolves and avian predators). LIP payments amount to 75 percent of the market value of the suitable animals on the day before the date of death of the livestock as identified by the Secretary. Find out more

Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy)

The Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) is a voluntary threat management program for dairy producers licensed by the 2014 Farm Bill through Dec. 31, 2018. Significant changes to MPP-Dairy for the 2018 coverage year are more licensed by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. The MPP-Dairy deals protection to dairy producers when the distinction between the all milk price and the average feed cost (the margin) falls listed below a specific dollar quantity picked by the producer. 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 area 1403 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-171), supplies that, at the start of each fiscal year, CCC will establish marketing allotments for locally produced sugar from sugar beets and locally produced sugarcane. The Secretary will aim to establish an overall allocation amount that results in no forfeitures of sugar to CCC under the sugar loan program. The Secretary shall make estimates of sugar usage, stocks, production, and imports for a crop year as necessary, but not later than the start of each of the second through 4th quarters of the crop year. Prior to the start of the financial year, these quotes need to be upgraded.