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   Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)
   
   Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) provides monetary assistance to producers or entities that deliver eligible biomass product to designated biomass conversion facilities for usage as heat, power, biobased products or biofuels. Initial help will be for the Collection, Harvest, Storage and Transportation (CHST) costs related to the delivery of qualified 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 top priority State wildlife preservation goals through making use of targeted repair of vital habitat. The goal of SAFE is to produce 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 100 percent of the cost of converting cropland into wildlife habitat. They receive rental payments for 10 to 15 years.
   
   A loan made to eligible candidates to buy, enlarge, or make capital enhancements to family farms, or to promote soil and water conservation and defense. Maximum loan amount is $300,000. A percentage 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 farm ownership loans is area 302 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1922). Discover more
   
   A loan made to a qualified applicant to help with the monetary costs of operating a farm. Maximum loan quantity 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). Find out more
   
   A loan made by another loan provider and guaranteed by FSA to eligible candidates to buy, expand, or make capital improvements to household farms, or to promote soil and water preservation and defense. Maximum loan amount is $1,112,000. A portion 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 an eligible applicant to assist with the monetary costs of operating a farm. Maximum loan quantity is $1,112,000. A percentage of ensured 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). Find out more
   
   Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)
   
   The 2014 Farm Bill licensed the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) to provide payment to qualified animals producers who have actually suffered grazing losses for covered livestock on land that is native or better pastureland with long-term vegetative cover or is planted particularly for grazing. The grazing losses must be because of a qualifying drought condition throughout the regular grazing period for the county. Learn More
   
   Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
   
   The 2014 Farm Bill authorized the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) to supply benefits to livestock producers for animals deaths in excess of regular mortality brought on by qualified loss conditions, consisting of eligible unfavorable weather condition, eligible disease and qualified attacks (attacks by animals reestablished into the wild by the federal government or safeguarded by federal law, consisting of wolves and avian predators). LIP payments are equal to 75 percent of the market value of the suitable livestock on the day before the date of death of the animals as figured out by the Secretary. Discover more
   
   Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy)
   
   The Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) is a voluntary risk 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 further licensed by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. The MPP-Dairy offers defense to dairy manufacturers when the difference between the all milk rate and the typical feed expense (the margin) falls listed below a particular dollar quantity chosen by the producer. Find out 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 Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-171), supplies that, at the start of each financial year, CCC will develop marketing allotments for locally produced sugar from sugar beets and domestically produced sugarcane. The Secretary will aim to develop an overall allocation quantity that results in no forfeitures 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 later on than the start of each of the second through fourth quarters of the crop year. Prior to the start of the fiscal year, these estimates should be updated.