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Agricultural Assistance Act 2007. USDA Farm Service Agency. Agricultural Assistance Act 2007. The Agricultural Assistance Act of 2007 (2007 Act): Part of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veteran’s Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007 President Bush signed May 25, 2007 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Agricultural Assistance Act 2007
USDA Farm Service Agency
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Agricultural Assistance Act 2007
The Agricultural Assistance Act of 2007 (2007 Act):
Part of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veteran’s Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007
President Bush signed May 25, 2007
Provides about $3 billion in disaster aid
USDA implements the disaster programs and distributes funds
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Agricultural Assistance Act 2007The Act provides funding for:
Crop Disaster Program (CDP)
Livestock Compensation Program (LCP)
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
Dairy Disaster Assistance Program (DDAP-III)
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)
Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program (EFCRP)
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Agricultural Assistance Act 2007
FSA now administering programs:
Drafting regulations, eventually published in Federal Register;
Fact sheets and more about programs
Agency designs and develops software for sign-up and payment process
All information posted at www.fsa.usda.gov
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Crop Disaster Program (CDP)
Eligibility Requirements:
Farmers who suffered quantity and quality loss from natural disasters
Eligible crops from 2005 2006 Planted prior to February 28, 2007
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Crop Disaster Program (CDP)
Producers may only receive benefits for one year
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Crop Disaster Program (CDP)
Eligible producers are those:
Having crop insurance coverage for the insurable commodity suffering loss OR
Covered under the NAP for the noninsurable commodity suffering loss
Quantity losses must exceed 35%
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Crop Disaster Program (CDP)
Payment rate = 42% of the established price
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Crop Disaster Program (CDP)
Payment quantity for quality losses =
Lesser of:
Actual production of the crop affected by a quality loss
ORQuantity of expected production of the
crop affected by a quality loss
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Crop Disaster Program (CDP)
Quality loss = at least 25% of affected production of crop
Assistance must not exceed 95% of crop value absent disaster
Maximum payment = $80,000
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Crop Disaster Program (CDP)
Sign-up:
Producers will enroll at local FSA Service Center
USDA will announce and conduct sign-up
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Livestock Compensation Program (LCP)
LCP provides payments for feed losses.
Eligibility Requirements:
Losses due to natural disasters between January 1, 2005, and February 28, 2007
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Livestock Compensation Program (LCP)
Eligibility Requirements:
Must be in a primary (or contiguous) disaster county declared by the Secretary or President between January 1, 2005, and February 28, 2007
OR Must be in a primary (or contiguous) county that
received an Administrator’s Physical Loss Notice that is directly associated to a disaster declaration made by the President
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Livestock Compensation Program (LCP)
Producers may only receive benefits for one year
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Livestock Compensation Program (LCP)
Eligible livestock include:
dairy cattle, beef cattle, buffalo, beefalo, equine, poultry, elk, reindeer, sheep, goats, swine or deer
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Livestock Compensation Program (LCP)
Payment:
Rate = 61% of the national payment rate (to be determined)
Maximum payment = $80,000
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Livestock Compensation Program (LCP)
Sign-up:
Producers will enroll at FSA Service Centers
USDA will announce and conduct sign-up
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Livestock Compensation Program (LCP)
To provide assistance to eligible catfish producers under LCP:
FSA will provide grants to states
States will conduct sign-up and distribute funds to eligible producers
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
LIP compensates producers for livestock losses.
Eligibility requirements:
Losses between January 1, 2005, and February 28, 2007
Losses from natural disasters, including blizzards that began in 2006 through 2007
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
Eligibility Requirements:
Must be in a primary (or contiguous) disaster county declared by the Secretary or President between January 1, 2005, and February 28, 2007
OR Must be in a primary (or contiguous) county that
received an Administrator’s Physical Loss Notice that is directly associated to a disaster declaration made by the President
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
Eligible livestock include:
dairy cattle, beef cattle, buffalo, beefalo, catfish, crawfish, equine, sheep, goats, swine, poultry or deer
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
Producers may only receive benefits for one year
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
Payment:
Rate = 26% of market value on day prior to death
Maximum payment = $80,000
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
Sign-up:
Producers will enroll at FSA Service Centers
USDA will announce and conduct sign-up
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Dairy Disaster Assistance Program (DDAP-III)
DDAP-III provides $16 million for dairy production losses.
Eligibility Requirements:
Producers in counties declared primary or contiguous Secretarial or Presidential disaster areas between January 1, 2005, and February 28, 2007
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Dairy Disaster Assistance Program (DDAP-III)
Eligibility Requirements cont’d:
Must be in a primary (or contiguous) county that received an Administrator’s Physical Loss Notice that is directly associated to a disaster declaration made by the President
Regulations will detail other program provisions
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Dairy Disaster Assistance Program (DDAP-III)
Sign-up:
Dairy producers will enroll at local FSA Service Centers
USDA will announce and conduct sign-up
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)
The 2007 Act provided $16 million for ECP.
Funding subject to Adjusted Gross Income Provisions
(ECP payments limited to $200,000 per “person” per disaster)
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)
ECP:
Provides funds and technical assistance
Rehabilitates farmland damaged by natural disasters
Implements water conservation efforts during drought
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)
Eligibility Requirements:
Determined by FSA county committees
Based on onsite inspections
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)
Damage must create new problems that:
Impair/endanger the landAffect land’s productivityRepresent unusual damageBe so costly that federal aid is required
to return land to productivity
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)
Sign-up:
Producers will enroll at FSA Service Centers
Local FSA county office will conduct ECP sign-up
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Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program (EFCRP)
The 2007 Act extended EFCRP into2007.
EFCRP helps landowners restore damaged forestland through various measures.
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Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program (EFCRP)
Eligibility Requirements:
Forestland damaged by 2005 hurricanes
Fact sheet offers more information
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Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program (EFCRP)
Maximum payment = $50,000 per person per year
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Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program (EFCRP)
Sign-up:
Producers can enroll in EFCRP at FSA Service Centers
Sign-up began August 6, 2007
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Conclusion
For more information on FSA programs, visit:
www.fsa.usda.gov or
your local FSA Service Center
Agricultural Assistance Act 2007
USDA Farm Service Agency