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   Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)
   
   Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) supplies financial help to producers or entities that deliver eligible biomass material to designated biomass conversion facilities 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 qualified products. Find out more
   
   Conservation Reserve Program - State Acres For Wildlife Enhancement (CRP-SAFE)
   
   CRP-SAFE allows producers to install practices that benefit high concern State wildlife conservation objectives through using targeted remediation of vital habitat. The objective of SAFE is to develop diverse grasslands in 18 southern Michigan counties and pollinator habitat in 22 counties in the western Lower Peninsula. Landowners who choose to participate in the practice might receive 90 to one hundred percent of the expense of transforming cropland into wildlife habitat. 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 quantity 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 area 302 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1922). Find out more
   
   A loan made to an eligible applicant to help with the monetary costs of operating a farm. Maximum loan quantity is $300,000. A portion of direct operating loan funds is targeted for starting 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). Learn More
   
   A loan made by another lending institution and guaranteed by FSA to eligible candidates to buy, expand, or make capital improvements to family farms, or to promote soil and water preservation and defense. Maximum loan quantity is $1,112,000. A percentage of guaranteed farm ownership loan funds is targeted for starting farmers as mandated by sections 346 and 355 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 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). Discover more
   
   A loan made by another loan provider and guaranteed by FSA to a qualified candidate to help with the financial expenses 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 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 offer compensation to qualified animals producers who have actually suffered grazing losses for covered livestock on land that is native or better pastureland with irreversible vegetative cover or is planted specifically for grazing. The grazing losses must be because of a certifying dry spell condition during the normal 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 animals manufacturers for livestock deaths in excess of typical mortality brought on by qualified loss conditions, consisting of eligible adverse weather, eligible illness and eligible attacks (attacks by animals reestablished into the wild by the federal government or secured by federal law, consisting of wolves and bird predators). LIP payments amount to 75 percent of the market worth of the relevant livestock on the day before the date of death of the animals as identified by the Secretary. Learn 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 modifications to MPP-Dairy for the 2018 protection year are more authorized by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. The MPP-Dairy offers security to dairy producers when the distinction between the all milk rate and the typical feed expense (the margin) falls listed below a specific dollar amount 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 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-171), offers 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 develop a total allocation quantity that leads to no forfeits 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 essential, however not later than the beginning of each of the second through 4th quarters of the crop year. Prior to the start of the , these quotes should be updated.