Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (US Farm Service Agency Regulation) (FSA) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (US Farm Service Agency Regulation) (FSA) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This rule implements specific requirements for the new Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill). SURE provides disaster assistance to eligible participants who have experienced qualifying crop production losses, or crop quality losses, or both, occurring in crop year 2008 through September 30, 2011. All crops for which crop insurance or noninsured crop disaster assistance program (NAP) coverage is available are eligible crops for SURE. To be eligible for SURE payments, participants must meet a risk management purchase requirement, with some exceptions, and have suffered a qualifying loss due to disaster. A qualifying loss is a loss of at least 10 percent of a crop of economic significance on a participant's farm in a disaster county (a county for which a Secretarial disaster declaration has been issued or a county contiguous to such a county), or on a participant's farm with an overall loss greater than 50 percent of normal production (expected revenue for all crops on the farm) due to disaster. This rule specifies how a qualifying loss is determined, how SURE payments are calculated, and how and when participants may apply for payment. This book contains: - The complete text of the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (US Farm Service Agency Regulation) (FSA) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section

Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program and Average Crop Revenue Election Program, Disaster Assistance Programs, etc. (US Farm Service Agency Regulation) (FSA) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program and Average Crop Revenue Election Program, Disaster Assistance Programs, etc. (US Farm Service Agency Regulation) (FSA) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 CCC is amending the regulations for the Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment Program (DCP) for the 2008 through 2012 crop years and Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program for the 2009 through 2012 crop years. The amendments clarify various provisions in the regulations and extend benefits to additional producers. This rule extends the eligibility for farms of less than 10 base acres from farms wholly owned by socially disadvantaged or limited resource producers to farms that are at least half owned by such producers. It removes a provision terminating base acres on Federally-owned land, which will effectively extend DCP and ACRE Program eligibility to producers who lease or purchase such land. Clarifying amendments specify the extended 2009 crop year enrollment and election period, simplify acreage and production reporting requirements, correct contract termination provisions, and add 2009 through 2012 loan rates. This rule also makes several clarifying amendments to the regulations for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) and the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) and the Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) Programs. It clarifies eligibility requirements for foreign persons for CCC and FSA programs. This book contains: - The complete text of the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program and Average Crop Revenue Election Program, Disaster Assistance Programs, etc. (US Farm Service Agency Regulation) (FSA) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section

Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs, Payment Limitations, and Payment Eligibility (US Commodity Credit Corporation Regulation) (CCC) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs, Payment Limitations, and Payment Eligibility (US Commodity Credit Corporation Regulation) (CCC) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This rule implements specific requirements for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP), Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), Tree Assistance Program (TAP), and general provisions for Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs authorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill). Although there were similar disaster programs under the 2008 Farm Bill, the authority for those programs has expired. The 2014 Farm Bill reauthorizes these programs and they are similar to the 2008 programs, however, there are distinct changes in payment limits, eligible losses, and eligible causes of loss from prior programs. Eligible ELAP, LFP, LIP, and TAP losses must have occurred on or after October 1, 2011 to be eligible for payment. This rule specifies how ELAP, LFP, LIP, and TAP payments are calculated, what losses are eligible, and when producers may apply for payments. Additionally, this final rule implements changes required by the 2014 Farm Bill by amending the regulations that specify maximum income limits (payment eligibility) and maximum benefit amounts (payment limits) for participants in programs funded by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and some FSA programs. The intended effect of the eligibility requirements is to ensure that program payments and benefits are issued only to those persons and legal entities that meet the income eligibility requirements as specified in the 2014 Farm Bill, and that program participants do not receive any program payments above the maximum allowable payment amount. The payment limits and average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) limits in this final rule apply to 2014 and subsequent crop, program, or fiscal year benefits, and to benefits for programs that were authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill for retroactive 2012 or 2013 crop, program, or fiscal year benefits. This book contains: - The complete text of the Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs, Payment Limitations, and Payment Eligibility (US Commodity Credit Corporation Regulation) (CCC) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section

From 2009 through 2012, agricultural producers participating in U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) farm programs collectively received an average of approx. $5.2 billion per year in total payments for which being actively engaged in farming is a requirement. These payments went to producers, both individuals and entities, such as partnerships, corporations, and trusts Agricultural producers receive about $5 billion annually in farm program payments for which being actively engaged in farming is required by the Farm Program Payments Integrity Act. This report reviewed USDA's Farm Service Agency's (FSA's) processes for implementing actively engaged in farming regulations to determine payment eligibility. It examines, among other things: (1) FSA's compliance reviews of farming operation members' claimed contributions of active personal management and personal labor; and (2) FSA state offices' timeliness in completing and reporting compliance reviews and their results. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.