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Farm Service AgencyPrograms Overview
FSA Disaster Assistance
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Farm Service Agency (FSA) Overview• Part of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), under the
new Farm Production and Conservation mission area:• Farm Service Agency (FSA)• Risk Management Agency (RMA)• Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
• FSA delivers farm programs, loans to help agricultural producers, partner organizations provide food, fuel, fiber
• Farm Bill – FSA administers 50 federal programs authorized by 2014 Farm Bill
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Farm Service Agency (FSA) Overview
• 173 Service Centers across Texas, serving all 254 counties
• State Office in College Station
• Approximately 650 full-time FSA employees in Texas
FSA in Texas – Local Service, Local Impact
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Getting Started with FSADetermine Your Needs• Disaster Assistance
Livestock losses; Property, equipment damage• Commodity, Price Support
Protect against market losses• Conservation Efforts
Protect endangered wildlife; Reduce erosion• Farm Loans
Start new operation Expand production, equipment Begin specialty/niche operation Sustain farming operations
FSA Texas Webpage - www.fsa.usda.gov/txUSDA Service Centers - offices.usda.gov
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Getting Started with FSAWhat to Bring to Your FSA Office• Proof of Identity
Valid driver’s license, passport, other personal identification Social Security card or IRS paperwork that verifies an Employer
Identification Number Original documents required
• Proof of farm/ranch ownership (if recording ownership) Copy of recorded deed
• Lease agreement (if identifying lease)• Entity Identification Status (if recording entity)
Articles of incorporation Trust & estate documents Partnership agreement
Getting Started with FSA - GovDelivery• FSA’s electronic news service delivers
important state and local program information instantly State Newsletters, County News Bulletins, Time-
Sensitive local text messages Subscribe at your local Service Center Subscribe online at www.fsa.usda.gov/tx on Main
Page SMS Alerts: Important, time-sensitive text
messages from your local FSA office• Text TX and your county name (no spaces) to FSANOW
(372669) • Example: Recipient = FSANOW (372-669)
Message = TXBee
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Disaster Assistance – News• Extra Time, Procedures Granted to Document
and Claim Disaster Losses Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced special
procedures to assist producers who lost crops or livestock or had other damage to their farms or ranches as a result of hurricanes Harvey and Irma
USDA will provide additional flexibility to assist farm loan borrowers
FSA authorized emergency procedures on case-by-case basis to assist impacted borrowers, livestock owners, contract growers, others
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Disaster Assistance – News• Some program requirements have been temporarily
adjusted for Producers affected by Hurricane Harvey Financially stressed FSA farm loan borrowers affected by the
hurricanes who have received primary loan servicing applications may be eligible for 60 day extensions
Deadlines to file loss for Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) and Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP) extended to 60 days
Special provisions provided for “acceptable proof of livestock death and inventory for livestock losses”
A complete listing of all special farm program provisions is posted at https://go.usa.gov/xRe8p
• Contact your local County FSA Office for specific information related to your operation
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FSA - General Application Requirements
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• Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Certification
• Highly Erodible and Wetland certification
Livestock Disaster Programs
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• Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)• Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)• Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey
Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP)
Payment limitation of $125,000 per year
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)• Provides benefits to livestock producers for
livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by adverse weather
• Payments are equal to 75 percent of the average fair market value of the livestock
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
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• Beef Cattle• Dairy Cattle• Beefalo• Bison• Goats
• Horses• Poultry• Sheep• Swine
• Other livestock as determined by Sec. of Agriculture
• Eligible Livestock
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)• Eligible Livestock Producers
Eligible owners must legally own the eligible livestock on the day the loss occurred
Eligible contract growers must be in possession of the eligible livestock a the time of the loss and have a written agreement with the eligible livestock owner setting the specific terms regarding the production of the livestock.
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)• Eligibility Requirements
Livestock must have died in excess of normal mortality as direct result of eligible loss condition that occurred no later than 60 calendar days from ending date of applicable adverse weather event
Livestock must have been maintained for commercial use as part of a farming operation on the day they died
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)• Eligibility Requirements
Livestock must not have been produced for reasons other than commercial use as part of farming operation
Excluded livestock includes wild free-roaming animals, pets or animals used for recreation purposes such as hunting, roping, or show
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)• Application Requirements
Participant must provide Notice of Loss within 30 calendar days of when loss of livestock is apparent to producer
Complete application for payment and provide required supporting documentation for loss no later than 90 calendar days after end of calendar year in which eligible loss condition occurred
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)• Death Loss Supporting Documentation
Beginning and ending inventories for type/kind and weight range of livestock
Type of adverse weather
Proof of Death
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)• Death Loss Supporting Documentation (Cont’d)Type of documentation:
• Photographs/video to document loss, date if possible
• Purchase records, veterinarian records, production records, bank or other loan documents
• Written contracts, records assembled for tax purposes, private insurance documents
• Other similar reliable documents
• Adequate proof that eligible livestock deaths occurred as direct result of eligible adverse weather event
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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)• How to Apply for 2017 LIP
File a Notice of Loss within 30 calendar days of when loss of livestock is apparent to producer
Application Deadline is March 31, 2018 for 2017 losses
Call your County FSA Office for appointment
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Livestock Disaster Assistance Programs• Livestock Indemnity Program
• Application
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Livestock Disaster Assistance Programs• Livestock Indemnity Program
• Application
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Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP)
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Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP)• Provides emergency assistance to eligible producers of
livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish for losses due to disease (including cattle tick fever), adverse weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, not covered by LFP and LIP.
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Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP)
• Covered Losses: Livestock Feed Losses Livestock Grazing Losses Honeybee Colony Losses Honeybee Hives Losses Honeybee Feed Losses Bait and Game Fish Losses Aquatic Species Feed Losses
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Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP)
• Application Requirements – for 2017 Losses
Must provide Notice of Loss within 30 calendar days of when loss of livestock is apparent to producer
Complete application for payment and provide required supporting documentation for loss no later than November 1, 2017
Call your local County FSA Office for appointment
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Noninsured Crops Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
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Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
• Available for crops not covered by RMA
• Financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops impacted by natural disaster resulting in lower yields, crop losses, or prevents crop planting
• NAP Coverage must be purchased by crop application closing date
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Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
• Basic coverage 50% yield at 55% price
• Service Fees $250 per crop, or $750 per person per administrative county, or $1,875 for producer farming in multiple counties
• May also elect buy-up protection for individual crop at 50%, 55%, 60%, 65% of yield at 100% of price
• Buy-up coverage requires NAP service fee plus a premium which equals 5.25% of liability Grazed crops are not eligible for buy-up
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Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
• Eligible Causes of Loss Include: Drought Excessive Wind/Tornado/Hurricane Freeze Hail Flood/Excessive Moisture Earthquake Conditions related to damaging weather or adverse natural
occurrence; disease, insect infestation, heat, sufficient chill hours
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Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
• After purchase, Producer must: Timely report/certify crop acreage File Notice of Loss Turn in crop production File Application for Payment
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Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
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Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
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Tree Assistance Program (TAP)
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Tree Assistance Program (TAP)• Assistance for eligible orchardist, nursery tree growers
to replant or rehabilitate trees, bushes, vines lost as result of eligible natural disaster
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Tree Assistance Program (TAP)• Eligibility Conditions
Mortality above and below ground as result of eligible natural disaster event
Stand must have sustained mortality loss in excess of 18% after adjusted for normal mortality
Damaged trees, bushes, vines no longer commercially viable; may be considered “dead” in determining mortality threshold
Applicants who suffer eligible tree, bush, vine loss must provide application and supporting documentation to FSA within 90 calendar days of each disaster event or date when loss is apparent to producer
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Tree Assistance Program (TAP)• Eligible producers may be reimbursed for cost of
replanting/rehabilitating trees damaged in excess of 18% mortality as follows: Replanting and cost of seedlings or cuttings for tree, bush, vine
replacement; the lesser of either:• 65% of actual total cost of practice• Total calculated using rates established by DAFP for practice
Cost of pruning, removal, other costs incurred for salvaging existing trees, bushes, vines; in case of mortality, to prepare land to replant trees, bushes, vines, the lesser of:
• 50% of actual cost of practice • Total calculated using rates established by DAFP for practice
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Tree Assistance Program (TAP)
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Tree Assistance Program (TAP)
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Tree Assistance Program (TAP)
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Tree Assistance Program (TAP)
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Tree Assistance Program (TAP)
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Emergency Grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
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Emergency Grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
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• Emergency grazing limited to livestock producers who suffered pasture losses due to Hurricane Harvey
• Beginning September 13, 2017, livestock owned by an eligible producers affected by Hurricane Harvey may graze eligible CRP land for period of 60 days
Emergency Grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
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• To ensure emergency grazing is only utilized by producers whose grazing land was adversely impacted by Hurricane Harvey, eligibility may be determined by either a CCC-576 or written self certification
• CRP acreage eligible for emergency grazing includes practices CP1, CP2, CP4B, CP4D, CP10, CP18B, CP18C, and CP38 if included in the approved SAFE proposal
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)• Provides emergency funding and technical
assistance to farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters
• ECP participants may receive cost-share assistance of up to 75% of cost to implement approved emergency conservation practices
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)• ECP – EligibilityTo rehabilitate farmland, ECP participants
implement emergency conservation practices:• Debris removal from farmland• Grading, shaping or leveling land• Restoring livestock fences • Restoring Conservation structures
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)• ECP – Eligibility Requirements Items eligible for cost-share assistance include
cost to rehabilitate or replace damaged land or structures:
• New or used materials • Services• Labor• Sales tax
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)• ECP – Eligible Land Eligible land must be physically located in county or
portion of county approved for ECP For land to be eligible, natural disaster must create
new conservation problems that, if untreated, would:• Impair or endanger land• Materially affect land’s productive capacity• Represent unusual damage not type likely to recur
frequently in same area• Be so costly to repair that federal assistance required
to return land to productive agricultural use Conservation problems existing before the applicable
disaster event are ineligible for ECP assistance
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)• ECP – Eligible Restoration Cost ConsiderationsThe minimum performance necessary to resolve
problems that are corrected by ECP practice must meets current NRCS standards and specifications
Payments limited to restoring structures and other installations to current NRCS technical standards and specifications
ECP participants must pay additional cost incurred to improve land and structures beyond minimum NRCS technical standards and specifications
No relief authorized for conservation problems existing before a disaster event occurs
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)• Site Inspection/Damage Documentation• Document Damage with:MapsDated/time-stamped photographsGPS coordinatesDescription of magnitude of damaged or destroyed
fencing, conservation structures, farmland
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)• ECP – ApplicationCost-share assistance limited to $200,000 per
person or legal entity per disasterMinimum qualifying cost of restoration is $1,000
per participant or $250 for producers certifying as limited resource
Relief for starting a practice before filing an application may be granted on case-by-case basis; Example includes restoring fences to contain livestock
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)• ECP – Application (Cont’d)
The following counties are approved to implement ECP:
Aransas Chambers Grimes Lavaca Polk WallerAustin Colorado Hardin Lee Refugio WashingtonBastrop DeWitt Harris Liberty Sabine WhartonBee Fayette Jefferson Matagorda San JacintoBrazoria Fort Bend Jasper Montgomery San PatricioBrazos Galveston Jefferson Newton TylerBurleson Goliad Karnes Nueces VictoriaCalhoun Gonzales Kleberg Orange Walker
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Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)• ECP – Application (Cont’d)
Producers should inquire with local FSA county office regarding ECP enrollment periods; Signup period shall be at least 30 calendar days, but no more than 60 calendar days, from date ECP is implemented
FSA county office will accept a producer’s request at anytime, but request does not guarantee approval or eligibility
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FSA Seed Cotton LoansSeed cotton loans are farm-stored recourse loans made on cotton before it is ginned• Seed cotton loans are available for Upland or ELS
cotton through March 31• All seed cotton loans mature no later than May 31• If the cotton is sold, producer must repay principal
plus interest and charges immediately
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FSA Seed Cotton Loans• Not eligible to be forfeited or repaid with commodity
certificates• Cotton modules serve as collateral• Loan rate is base loan rate for upland cotton
49.49 cents per pound
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FSA Seed Cotton LoansSeed cotton loans are repaid at principal plus interest with either:• Proceeds of ginned-cotton placed into loan
or• Cash redemption by producer before module is
ginned
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FSA Seed Cotton Loans• Seed cotton must be insured at full loan value
against loss, damage by fire• Eligibility is same for regular Marketing
Assistance Loans
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FSA Seed Cotton Loans• Producers must provide the following when
requesting seed cotton loan: Farm number where cotton was producedModule numbers Location where modules are stored
• Producer should indicate:He/she is member of CMA or works with LSAand If Baled cotton is intended for Marketing
Assistance Loan
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Emergency Loans
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Emergency Loans• Provides financial assistance to family farmers
who suffer qualifying production and/or physical losses as result of disaster
• Maximum amount is $500,000 – up to 100% of actual production or physical losses
• Interest Rate is 3.75%
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Emergency Loans• How to Qualify Farm operation is in county declared disaster by
President or Secretary of Agriculture Suffered at least 30% loss in crop production or
experienced physical loss to livestock, equipment, or real estate
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Emergency Loans• May be used to:Restore or replace essential propertyPay essential family living and farm operating
expensesRefinance farm-related debts other than real estate
to improve farm profitability
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Emergency Loans• Calculating LossAmount of loan based on amount of loss sufferedApplicant will use Agency Form FSA-2309 to report
all yields, acreage information, physical losses to FSA
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Emergency Loans• Repayment TermsAnnual Operating Loans must be repaid within 12
months Loans for production or physical losses may not
exceed 7 yearsTerm may be extended up to 20 years to improve
repayment ability if real estate security is available
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Emergency Loans• CollateralAll Emergency Loans must be fully securedApplicants will provide additional security, if
available, up to 150% of loan amountA lien must be taken on all non-essential assets
worth $5,000 or more, if asset cannot be sold to reduce loan amount
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Emergency Loans• Collateral (Cont’d) For real estate loans, must be secured by real estate
being purchased, repaired, replaced, improved For chattel and production losses, must be secured
by chattel being purchased, repaired, replaced, refinanced, or produced
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Emergency Loans• Eligibility SummaryUnable to obtain sufficient commercial financingNo previous Direct or Guaranteed Loan resulting in
loss to agencyNo delinquency on any Federal DebtMust agree to repay any duplicative Federal
assistance to agency providing assistance (assignments will be taken on disaster programs)
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Emergency Loans• Eligibility Summary (Cont’d)Presidential Disaster Declaration M4332 covers
damages and losses caused by Hurricane Harvey occurring August 23, 2017, and continuing
Timely Loan Application: • Presidential Disaster Declaration M4332• 9 Amendments to M4332 (as of September 30, 2017)
Filing deadline varies; different for each AmendmentOriginal M4332 = April 25, 2018M4332, Amendment 9 = May 21, 2018Meet with Local FSA staff for applicable deadlines
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FSA Farm Loan Programs
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FSA Farm Loan ProgramsIn addition to Emergency Farm Loan authority, FSA can:• Make Direct Farm Loans• Issue Farm Loan Guarantees to participating
Commercial Lenders
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FSA Farm Loan Types • Direct Loan Program
• Funded by FSA; Congressional appropriations • Direct Operating Loans• Direct Farm Ownership Loans• Microloans• Emergency Loans• Youth Loans
• Guaranteed Loan Program• From USDA-approved commercial lenders
• Farm Operating Loanso Line of Credit
• Farm Ownership• Conservation Loans• Land Contract Guarantee
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FSA Farm Loan ProgramsDesigned to help eligible family farmers, ranchers start, expand, change operation All loan programs considered temporary source of credit Borrower expected to return to conventional credit
sources
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USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Farm Service AgencyFor More Information Contact:
www.fsa.usda.gov