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   Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)
   
   Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) provides financial help to manufacturers or entities that provide qualified biomass product to designated biomass conversion centers for use as heat, power, biobased products or biofuels. Initial assistance will be for the Collection, Harvest, Storage and Transportation (CHST) costs related to the shipment of eligible products. 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 making use of targeted restoration of essential habitat. 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 get involved in the practice might receive 90 to one hundred percent of the expense of transforming cropland into wildlife environment. They receive rental payments for 10 to 15 years.
   
   A loan made to eligible applicants to acquire, increase the size of, or make capital improvements to family farms, or to promote soil and water preservation and defense. Maximum loan amount is $300,000. A portion of direct farm ownership loan funds is targeted for beginning farmers and socially disadvantaged applicants 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 loans is area 302 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1922). Find out more
   
   A loan made to an eligible applicant to assist with the monetary 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 area 311 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1911). Discover more
   
   A loan made by another lending institution and guaranteed by FSA to eligible candidates to acquire, expand, or make capital enhancements to household farms, or to promote soil and water preservation and security. Maximum loan quantity 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 ensured farm ownership loans is section 302 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1922). Find out more
   
   A loan made by another loan provider and ensured by FSA to a qualified applicant to assist with the monetary costs of operating a farm. Maximum loan quantity is $1,112,000. A percentage of guaranteed 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 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 provide settlement to eligible animals producers who have suffered grazing losses for covered animals on land that is native or better pastureland with irreversible vegetative cover or is planted particularly for grazing. The grazing losses should be due to a certifying drought condition during the regular grazing period for the county. Learn More
   
   Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
   
   The 2014 Farm Bill authorized the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) to offer advantages to animals producers for livestock deaths in excess of typical mortality triggered by qualified loss conditions, including eligible unfavorable weather condition, eligible disease and qualified attacks (attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or safeguarded by federal law, consisting of wolves and avian predators). LIP payments amount to 75 percent of the marketplace worth of the applicable animals on the day before the date of death of the animals as determined by the Secretary. Discover more
   
   Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy)
   
   The Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) is a voluntary danger management program for dairy manufacturers authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill through Dec. 31, 2018. Significant changes to MPP-Dairy for the 2018 protection year are additional authorized by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. The MPP-Dairy offers defense to dairy producers when the distinction between the all milk cost and the average feed cost (the margin) falls listed below a certain 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 changed 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 allocations for locally produced sugar from sugar beets and domestically produced sugarcane. The Secretary will strive to establish a total allotment amount that results in no forfeits of sugar to CCC under the sugar loan program. The Secretary will make estimates of sugar intake, stocks, production, and imports for a crop year as necessary, however not later than the start of each of the second through fourth quarters of the crop year. Prior to the beginning of the fiscal year, these estimates need to be updated.