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AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICES

10.050 RURAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE

(REAP)

FEDERAL AGENCY: AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL

TURE

AUTHORIZATION: The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, Sections 7 to 15, 16(a), and 17, as amended; Public Law 74-46; 16 U.S.C. 590d, 590g-5900, 590p(a), and 590q.

OBJECTIVES: To stimulate and help farmers, ranchers, and woodland owners (primarily through cost-sharing) to carry out approved soil, water, woodland, and wildlife conservation practices, and agriculture-related water, air, and land pollution abatement practices, to assure wise use and adequate protection of the Nation's agricultural lands, help achieve additional conservation on land now in agricultural production, and improve man's total environment, with direct benefits to the public.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The pollution abatement and conservation practices are to be used on agricultural land and must be performed satisfactorily and in accordance with applicable specifications. The pollution abatement and wildlife conservation practices must also conserve soil or water. Program participants are responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of practices installed with cost-share assistance. The cost-share assistance does not apply if the primary purpose is to bring new land into production. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: Any person who as owner, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper on a farm or ranch, including associated groups, bears a part of the cost of an approved pollution abatement or conservation practice is eligible to apply for cost-share assistance. Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. Credentials/Documentation: Identification as an eligible person, and proof of contribution to the cost of performing the practice. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination: Program is announced through news media and in letters to agricultural producers in the county. Application Procedure: Eligible persons make application Form ACP-245, for cost-sharing at any time during the year, at the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) county office for the county in which the land is located.

Award Procedure: The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) county committee must approve applications in whole or in part within the county allocation of Federal funds for that purpose.

Deadlines: The practice for which cost-shares have been approved must be completed during the program year, within the time specified by the ASC county committee and such performance reported to the county office within a specified time. Application for payment must be filed with the ASC county committee by a prescribed date.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Same as in deadlines, with certain special exceptions.

Appeals: Participant may appeal any determination to ASC county

committee or office, state committee, or Deputy Administrator. Renewals: Certain approvals may be extended by the ASC county Committee, or renewals may be made under a future program year.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Cost-share payment or advance of conservation materials or services in lieu of payment. Averages about equally between the agricultural producer and REAP- not more than 80 percent (90 percent for forestry practices) by REAP.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Practice cost-share approvals are given on a program year basis (18 months or less). As specified in approvals.

POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports: None.

Audits: By Office of the Inspector General, USDA.

Records: Maintained in ASCS county office and Federal record

centers for specified number of years.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 05-44-3315-0-1-354. Obligations: (Grants) FY 70 $185,000,000; FY 71 est $150,000,000; and FY 72 est $140,000,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Individual agreement $3 to $2,500, $200; Pooling Agreement $3 to $10,000, $280. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Under the fiscal year 1970 program pollution abatement and conservation practices were installed on 40,000,000 acres on about 900,000 farms in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. For the fiscal year 1971 program it is estimated that about 37,000,000 acres will be treated with these practices and for the fiscal year 1972 program about 30,000,000 acres.

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Program handbooks and leaflets (issued by ASCS-USDA).

INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service office. (A list of the location of the county offices may be obtained from the state office.) For state offices, see "Agency Address List" at the back of this catalog.

Headquarters Office: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.054, Emergency Conservation Measures; 10.409, Irrigation, Drainage, and Other Soil and Water Conservation Loans; 10.414, Resource Conservation and Development Loans; 10.416, Soil and Water Loans; 10.508, Extension Programs for Soil and Water Conservation; 10.650, State and Private Forestry Cooperation; 10.653, Land Exchange in the National Forests; 10.901, Resource Conservation and Development; 10.902, Soil and Water Conservation; 10.904, Watershed Protection and Food Prevention; 15.601, Wildlife Research Information; 15.607, Pesticide Appraisal and Monitoring.

10.051 COMMODITY LOANS AND PURCHASES

FEDERAL AGENCY: AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL

TURE

AUTHORIZATION: Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended; Public Law 89-321 (Food and Agriculture Act of 1965); Public Law 90-559; 15 U.S.C. 714-714p; 7 U.S.C. 1421; 7 U.S.C. 1441; 7 U.S.C. 1781-1787; Public Law 91-524 (Agricultural Act of 1970).

OBJECTIVES: To improve and stabilize farm income, to assist in bringing about a better balance between supply and demand of the commodities, and to assist farmers in their orderly marketing of their crops.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Guaranteed/Insured Loans; Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use.

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Support loans and purchases give farmers a ready means of promoting more orderly marketing. Price support loans to producers are "nonrecourse." Producers are not obligated to make good any decline in the market price of the commodity they have put up as collateral. If market prices rise above support, producers can pay off their loan and market their commodity. If market prices fail to rise above support prices, producers can pay off the loan through forfeiture of collateral. If the commodity is stored on the farm the farmer is responsible for maintaining the condition of the commodity.

Eligible commodities are feed grains and feed grain products, wheat and wheat products; rice, rye, blended food products, dry edible beans, castor beans and oil, flaxseed, soybeans and soybean products, honey, upland cotton, extra-long staple cotton, cotton products, dairy products, peanuts, tung nuts and oil, vegetable oil products, linseed oil, rosin and turpentine, tobacco, tallow or grease, and seeds and plants.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: Any person who, as owner, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper who is entitled to share in crops on a farm, that has history of producing is eligible.

Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. Credentials/Documentation: Record of farming operation must be on file in the county office.

APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination: Program regulations published in Federal Register. Announcements issued to news media and letters to producers.

Application Procedure: In the case of warehouse-stored commodities, farmer presents warehouse receipts to the county office. In the case of farm-stored commodities, farmer informs the county office that he wants a loan.

Award Procedure: None.

Deadlines: Depending on commodity, loans are available for periods of 6 to 8 months following harvest. Purchases from producers made at time of loan maturity for the crop.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: 3 days.
Appeals: Not applicable.

Renewals: Not applicable.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable.

POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports: Not applicable.

Audits: Spot checks at county office, state office, and field office level by Office of Inspector General, Department of Agriculture and the General Accounting Office.

Records: Not applicable.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 05-48-4336-0-3-999.

Obligations: (Direct Payments) FY 70 $688,456,000; FY 71 es $765,556,000; and FY 72 est $696,582,000; Face Value c Loans: (Guaranteed) FY 70 $2,338,305,000; FY 71 es $1,972,360,000; and FY 72 est $2,001,374,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable.

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: A total of 2,636,672 new loan were made in fiscal year 1970 compared to 3,233,990 new loan made in fiscal year 1969. The dollar volume of price suppor extended through loan and purchase programs on 1969 crop: through June 30, 1970 totaled $2,604,593,029. The total wa comprised of loans made $2,298,433,052 and purchases 0 commodities $306,159,977. This compares with $3,212,512,374 on 1968 crops through June 30, 1969.

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: “Farm Commodity and Related Programs," Agriculture Handbook 345, USDA Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., cost $0.45; "ASCS Commodity Fact Sheets," no cost; "The Price Support Program," BI-4-USDA, no cost; Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250.

INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: Local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office, State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Office. (A list of the location of the county offices may be obtained from the state office.) For state offices, see "Agency Address List" at the end of this catalog.

Headquarters Office: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.056, Storage Facilities and Equipment Loans; 10.504, Extension Programs for Improving Farm Income; 10.505, Extension Programs for Marketing and Distribution.

10.052 COTTON PRODUCTION STABILIZATION (Cotton Direct Payments)

FEDERAL AGENCY: AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL

TURE

AUTHORIZATION: Food and Agriculture Act of 1965, as amended; Public Law 89-321; Public Law 90-559; Agricultural Act of 1970, Title VI; Public Law 91-524.

OBJECTIVES: To adjust the production of surplus crops to keep crops in balance with demand, to reduce public cost, and to make price support programs more effective.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The payments are used for production costs and to help farmers raintain their income. Producers of cotton who participate can earn payments on acreage planted up to the allotment by setting aside an acreage from crop production equal to a specified percentage of the allotment and maintaining the farm's conserving base.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: Any person who as owner, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper, on a farm, that has history of producing the commodity, is eligible.

Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. Credentials/Documentation: Record of farming operation must be on file in the county office.

APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination: Program regulations published in Federal Register. Announcements issued to news media and letters to producers.

Application Procedure: Farm operator visits office during spring signup period and signs application form ASCS-378 giving intent to participate and share in planted acres.

Award Procedure: None.

Deadlines: Producer signup deadlines are announced.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Approval of intentions to

participate is fairly routine and prompt. Approval of final payments depends upon farmer certification of acreage and other eligibility.

Appeals: If producer questions allotments, bases or yields he may appeal within 15 days after being notified.

Renewals: Not applicable.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports: Applicant reports and certifies planted acreage and shares and conserving use acreage and compliance with other provisions. Reporting of compliance can be anytime after crops are planted and prior to maturity.

Audits: Spot checks at county or state level by Office of Inspector General, Department of Agriculture.

Records: Not applicable.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 05-48-4336-0-3-999.

Obligations: (Direct payments) FY 70 $827,559,000; FY 71 est $917,909,000; and FY 72 est $843,000,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $3 to $55,000; $1,670. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1971, there were 476,209 participating cotton farms and they received to tal payments of $918,000,000.

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: “ASCS Production Adjustment Programs," BI-5 USDA, no cost; Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250.

INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: Local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office, State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service office. (A list of the location of the county offices

may be obtained from the state office.) For state offices, see "Agency Address List" at the back of this catalog. Headquarters Office: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.055, Feed Grain Production Stabilization; 10.058, Wheat Production Stabilization.

10.053 DAIRY INDEMNITY PAYMENTS
(Milk Indemnity Payment)

FEDERAL AGENCY: AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL

TURE

AUTHORIZATION: Public Law 90-484, as amended and the Agricultural Act of 1970; Public Law 91-524, Title II, section 204. OBJECTIVES: To indemnify dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products who are directed to remove their milk or dairy products from commercial markets because it was contaminated with residues of pesticides resulting from no misaction on the part of the dairy farmer or the manufacturer of the dairy product.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Fair market value is paid for the milk to the dairy farmer or the fair market value of the dairy product is paid to the manufacturer who is unable to market because of pesticide residue. No payment may be made to any dairy farmer whose milk or to any manufacturer whose dairy product was removed from the market as a result of his willful failure to follow procedures for the pesticide as prescribed by the Federal Government.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: The dairy farmer's milk must have been removed from the market by a public agency or a milk handler because of pesticide residue in such milk. In the case of manufacturers of dairy products the product must have been removed from the market by a public agency because of pesticide residue in such product.

Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility.
Credentials/Documentation: In the case of a dairy farmer, the notice
removing the milk from the market along with a record of past
marketing records for milk, the pesticide involved and the uses of
pesticides during the previous 24 months. In the case of the
manufacturer of dairy products, the notice removing the product
from the market and sufficient data to determine the value of the
product.

APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:
Preapplication Coordination: None.

Application Procedure: An application Form ASCS-373, for payment is filed with the local county Agricultural Stabilization

and Conservation office. Award Procedure: Not applicable. Deadlines: August 31, 1973.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: 30 to 60 days.
Appeals: Applicant may appeal to State Agricultural Stabilization

and Conservation Committee and to Deputy Administrator, State and County Operations, ASCS, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250.

Renewals: Not applicable.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable.
POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports: None.

Audits: On a spot basis by Office of Inspector General, Department of Agriculture. Also subject to GAO post audit.

Records: The dairy farmer and the manufacturer of dairy products must keep any records in applying for a payment for 3 years following the year in which an application for payment was filed. FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 05-44-3314-0-1-351.

Obligations: (Direct payments) FY 70 $200,000; FY 71 est $550,000; and FY 72 est $500,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Dependent upon extent of loss at fair market value.

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1970, payments were
made to about 50 farmers totaling $175,000.
REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: None.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: County Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation office. (A list of the location of the county offices
may be obtained from the Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service State Office.) For state offices, see "Agency
Address List" at the end of this catalog.

Headquarters Office: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.506, Extension Programs for Pesticide Safety and Rural Civil Defense.

10.054 EMERGENCY CONSERVATION MEASURES

(ECM)

FEDERAL AGENCY: AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL

TURE

AUTHORIZATION: Public Law 85-58 (Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957).

OBJECTIVES: To enable farmers to perform emergency conservation measures to control wind erosion on farmlands, or to rehabilitate farmlands damage in wind erosion, floods, hurricanes, or other natural disasters.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants.

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Emergency cost-sharing is limited

to new conservation problems created by natural disasters, which: if not treated will impair or endanger the land; materially affect the productive capacity of the land; represent damage which is unusual in character and, except for wind erosion, is not the type which, would recur frequently in the same area; and will be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: Any person who as owner, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper on a farm or ranch, including associated groups,

bears a part of the cost of an approved conservation practice is eligible to apply for cost-share conservation assistance.

Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. Credentials/Documentation: Identification as an eligible person, and proof of contribution to the cost of performing the conservation practice.

APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination: Program is announced through the news media and in letters to eligible participants in the county area designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as a disaster area. Application Procedure: Eligible persons make application form ASCS-245, for cost sharing at any time during the year, at the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) county office for the county in which the land is located.

Award Procedure: The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) county committee must approve applications in whole or in part within the county allocation of Federal funds for that purpose.

Deadlines: The conservation practice for which cost shares have been approved must be completed during the program year, within the time specified by the ASC county committee and such performance reported to the county office within a specified time. Application for payment must be filed with the ASC county committee by a prescribed date.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Same as in deadlines, with certain special exceptions.

Appeals: Participant may appeal to ASC county committee or office, state committee, or Deputy Administrator, on any determination. Renewals: Certain approvals may be extended by the ASC county committee or renewals may be made under a future program year. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Cost-share payment or advance of conservation materials or services in lieu of payment. The agricultural producer usually pays about 20 percent of the conservation practice with certain exceptions.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Practice cost-share approvals are given on a program year basis. The approvals specify the time in which the practice must be carried out.

POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports: Not applicable.

Audits: Random selections and questioned cases.

Records: Not applicable.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 05-44-3316-0-1-354.

Obligations: (Grants) FY 70 $15,913,000; FY 71 est $15,000,000; and FY 72 est $9,354,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance: No limitation in size of payment. Average payment $400

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: As a result of natural disasters in fiscal year 1970, 1,011,000 acres were served in 31 states. It is estimated that 750,000 acres will be served in 1971.

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Chapter VII of Code of Federal Regulations Title 7 Agriculture, Part 701, Section 701.94.

INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: Farmers are advised to contact their local county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service office after a natural disaster has occurred to determine whether the county has been designated eligible for emergency cost-share assistance. (A list of the location of the county offices may be obtained from the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service State Office.) For state offices, see "Agency Address List" at the end of this catalog.

Headquarters Office: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.050, Rural Environmental Assistance; 10.404, Emergency Loans; 50.002, Disaster Relief to States.

10.055 FEED GRAIN PRODUCTION STABILIZATION (Feed Grain Direct Payments)

FEDERAL AGENCY: AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL

TURE

AUTHORIZATION: Food and Agriculture Act of 1965, as amended; Public Law 89-321; Public Law 90-559. Agricultural Act of 1970; Public Law 91-524, Title V.

OBJECTIVES: To adjust the production of surplus crops to keep crops in balance with demand, to reduce public cost, and to make price-support programs more effective.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The payments are used for production costs and to help farmers maintain their income. Producers of feed grains who participate can earn payments by setting aside an acreage from crop production equal to a specified percentage of the base and maintaining the farm's conserving base. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: Any person who as owner, landlord, tenant or sharecropper on a farm, that has history of producing the commodities, is eligible.

Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. Credentials/Documentation: Record of farming operation must be on file in the county office.

APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination: Program regulations published in Federal Register. Announcements issued to news media and letters to producers.

Application Procedure: Farm operator visits office during spring signup period and signs application form ASCS-477 giving intent to participate and share in planted acres.

Award Procedure: None.

Deadlines: Producer signup deadlines are announced.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Approval of intentions to participate is fairly routine and prompt. Approval of final payments depends upon farmer certification of acreages and other eligibility.

Appeals: If producer questions bases or yields, he may appeal within

15 days after being notified.

Renewals: Not applicable.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports: Farmer reports and certifies planted acreage and shares and conserving use acreage and compliance with other provisions. Reporting of compliance by individual farmer can be anytime after crops are planted and prior to maturity.

Audits: Spot checks at county or state level by Office of Inspector General, Department of Agriculture, and the General Accounting Office.

Records: Not applicable. FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 05-48-4336-0-3-999.

Obligations: (Direct payments) FY 70 $1,643,578,000; FY 71 est $1,509,760,000; and FY 72 est $1,000,000,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $3 to $55,000; $1,612. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1971, there were 1,537,687 participating farms and they received total payments of $1,510,000,000.

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: "ASCS Production Adjustment Programs," BI-5 USDA, no cost. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250.

INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: Local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office, State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Office. (A list of the location of the county offices may be obtained from the state office.) For state offices, see "Agency Address List" at the end of this catalog.

Headquarters Office: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.052, Cotton Production Stabilization; 10.058, Wheat Production Stabilization.

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10.056 STORAGE FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT LOANS
(Farm Storage and Drying Equipment Loans)

FEDERAL AGENCY: AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND
CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-

TURE

AUTHORIZATION: Agriculture Act of 1949, as amended; 12 U.S.C. 1134c. Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 714-714p. Agricultural Act of 1970; Public Law 91-524. OBJECTIVES: To complement the price support commodity loan program by providing adequate financing for storage facilities and drying equipment, thereby affording farmers the opportunity for orderly marketing of their crops.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Loans.

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The loans are used to finance the

purchase of storage structures and drying equipment needed. To qualify for loans the farmers must meet the need eligibility requirements for storing or conditioning of one or more of the following commodities: barley, corn, grain sorghum, oats, rye, wheat, soybeans, sunflower seed, rice, dry edible beans, flaxseed and peanuts.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: Any person who, as owner, landlord, tenant or sharecropper who produces one or more of the 12 eligible commodities is eligible.

Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. Credentials/Documentation: Record of farming operation must be on file in the county office.

APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination: Program regulations published in Federal Register. Announcements issued to news media and letters to producers.

Application Procedure: The producer must file an application, Form CCC-185, in the county office showing production name of vendor from whom facility will be purchased and cost of proposed installation. Paid receipts must also be furnished the county office. Award Procedure: Not applicable.

Deadlines: The producer must file an application not later than 30 days of delivery of the structure or equipment to the farm. Loans must be disbursed within 4 months after approval unless extended. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: None.

Appeals: Limited application.

Renewals: Extensions of approval are permitted.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports: Not applicable.

Audits: Spot check at county office, state office, and field office level by Office of Inspector General, Department of Agriculture, and the General Accounting Office.

Records: Not applicable. FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification: 05-48-4336-0-3-999.

Face Value of Loans: (Direct) FY 70 $50,240,000; FY 71 est $55,000,000; and FY 72 est $74,000,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $150 to $35,000; $2,225.

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Since the inception of the program in 1949, there have been 305,337 loans made for $491,000,000 covering a total capacity of 1,449,000 bushels. There were 20,305 new loans made in fiscal year 1970 totaling $50,000,000.

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: "Farm Commodity and Related Programs," Agriculture Handbook 345, USDA, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., $0.45; "ASCS Commodity Fact Sheets," no cost; "The Price Support Program," BI-4-USDA, no cost; Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250.

INFORMATION CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office: Local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office, State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service office. (A list of the location of the county offices may be obtained from the state office.) For state offices, see "Agency Address List" at the end of this catalog. Headquarters Office: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.051, Commodity Loans and Purchases; 10.505, Extension Programs for Marketing and Distribution.

10.057 SUGAR PRODUCTION STABILIZATION (Sugar Payments)

FEDERAL AGENCY: AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL

TURE

AUTHORIZATION: Sugar Act of 1948, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 1100 et

seq.

OBJECTIVES: To protect the welfare of the U.S. sugar industry, to provide U.S. consumers with ample sugar supplies at reasonable prices, and to promote and strengthen the export trade of the United States.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use.
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: No restrictions.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: Sugar beet and sugarcane producers in the
continental United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico are eligible for
payments. To be eligible, producers must (a) not harvest an
acreage in excess of the proportionate share (acreage allotment)
established for their farms; (b) pay all farm workers at rates not
less than those established by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (c)
if they are also processors of sugar beets or sugarcane, pay fair
prices for cane or beets purchased from other growers. If they
employ children under 14 years or permit those 14 years and 15
years to work in excess of 8 hours per day, a $10 deduction is
made from their payment for each day the child is employed.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility.
Credentials/Documentation: Upon request of the ASCS county
committee, a producer must furnish proof that all eligibility

requirements have been met. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: None.

Application Procedure: Producer files application for payment on prescribed forms at local ASC county offices. Application for payment forms are, for sugar beets SU-110; Louisiana and Florida - SU-120; Puerto Rico - SU-150; Hawaii - SU-180. Award Procedure: Not applicable.

Deadlines: Generally, 2 years after completion of crop harvest. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Generally, within 30 days after application is filed.

Appeals: Producer may appeal any decision made by ASC county and state committees to the Secretary of Agriculture concerning amounts of payment or eligibility for payment.

Renewals: Not applicable.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable.

POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports: None.

Audits: Periodic audits by Office of Inspector General, Department of Agriculture.

Records: The producer must keep wage records for 3 years following the date application was filed. Processors must also keep basic records for varying lengths of time (from 2 to 3 years).

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

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