Livestock Forage Program-2014 Farm Bill
It also provides compensation to eligible livestock producers
Established in 1862, the Department of Agriculture serves all Americans through anti-hunger efforts, stewardship of nearly 200 million acres of national forest and rangelands, and through product safety and conservation efforts. The USDA opens markets for American farmers and ranchers and provides food for needy people around the world.
Program Accomplishments
Not Applicable.
Uses and Use Restrictions
LFP is a permanent program and provides retroactive authority to cover eligiblelosses back to October 1, 2011.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
To be eligible for benefits, an individual or legal entity must be a citizen of the United States (U.S.); Resident alien; Partnership of citizens of the U.S.; or Corporation, limited liability corporation, or other farm organization structure organized under State law.
An eligible livestock producer must own, cash or share lease, or be a contract grower of covered livestock during the 60 calendar days before the beginning date of a qualifying drought or fire; provide pastureland or grazing land for covered livestock, including cash-rented pastureland or grazing land that is either physically located in a country affected by a qualifying drought during the normal grazing period for the county, or rangeland managed by a federal agency from grazing the normally permitted livestock because of a qualifying fire.
Beneficiary Eligibility
The eligible livestock or contract owner will receive the ultimate benefit from LFP.
Credentials/Documentation
The eligible livestock producer must certify that they have suffered a grazing loss because of a qualifying drought or fire and timely file an acreage report for all grazing land for which a loss of grazing is being claimed. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.
Aplication and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Preapplication coordination is not applicable.
Environmental impact information is not required for this program.
This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.
12372.
Application Procedures
This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. To apply for LFP, the eligible livestock producer must submit a completed application for payment and required supporting documentation for grazing losses on or after October 1, 2011, and on or before December 31, 2014 to the administrative FSA county office no later than January 30, 2015. On or after January 1, 2015, the producer must submit a completed application for payment and required supporting documentation no later than 30 calendar days after the end of the calendar year in which the grazing loss occurred.
A contract grower must provide a copy of the grower contract along with the completed application and supporting documentation for payment.
Award Procedures
Payment calculations for grazing losses because of a qualiftying drought equal to 1, 3, 4,or 5 times the LFP monthly payment rate. The monthly payment rate for drought is equal to 60 percent of the lesser of the monthly feed cost for all covered livestock owned or leased by the producer; calculated by using the normal carrying capacity of the eligible grazing land of the produer. Total payments to a producer in a calendar year for grazing losses will not exceed five monthly payments for the same livestock.
For losses suffered because of a qualifying fire on federally managed rangeland for which the producer is probibited from grazing the norall permitted livestock, the payments begins on the first day the per.
Deadlines
Not Applicable.
Authorization
The Agricultural Act of 2014 (The 2014 Farm Bill), Title I, Part III, Section 1501, Public Law 113-79.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Not Applicable.
Appeals
Appeal regulations set forth in parts 11 and 780 of 7CFR apply to determinations made under LFP.
Renewals
Not Applicable.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
There are no restrictions placed on the time permittted to spend the money awarded. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Not Applicable.
Audits
Not Applicable.
Records
Applicants receiving assistance for LIP shall maintain and retain financial books and records which will permit verification of all transactions for at least three years following the end of the calendar year in which assistance was provided and allow authorized representatives of USDA and the Government Accountability Office to inspect and verify all applicable livestock and acreage and to inspect, examine, and make copies of all financial books and records.
Financial Information
Account Identification
12-4336-0-3-351.
Obigations
(Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use) FY 13 $0; FY 14 est $5,565,000,000; and FY 15 est $1,232,910,000
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
No Data Available.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature
Not Applicable.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
See Regional Agency Offices.
Headquarters Office
Scotty Abbott USDA, Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs, Production, Emergencies, and Compliance Division, Disaster Assistance Branch, 14th and Independence Ave SW, Stop 0517, Washington, District of Columbia 20250 Email: Scotty.Abbott@wdc.usda.gov Phone: (202) 720-7997 Fax: (202) 720-0051
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Not Applicable.
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