Farming

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers the following programs for eligible farmers and ranchers to make efficient use of their land, as well as provide loans and grants to producers who suffer losses due to natural disasters. 

	10.054 Emergency Conservation Program - Objective: To enable farmers to perform emergency conservation measures to control wind erosion on farmlands and rehabilitate farmlands damaged by wind erosion, floods, hurricanes, or other natural disasters. Click here for more information

	10.075 Special Apple Program - Objective: To assist producers of apples that are suffering from economic loss as a result of low prices for apples. Click here for more information

	10.076 Emergency Loan for Seed Producers - Objective: To assist seed producers adversely impacted by the bankruptcy filing of AgriBioTech. Click here for more information

	10.167 Transportation Services - Objective: To develop and promote efficient agriculture transportation systems to help improve farm income, expand exports and meet the needs of rural America. Click here for more information

	10.404 Emergency Loans - Objective: To assist established (owner or tenant) family farmers, ranchers and aquaculture operators with loans to cover losses resulting from major and/or natural disasters. Click here for more information

	10.405 Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants - Objective: To provide decent, safe, and sanitary low-rent housing and related facilities for domestic farm laborers. Click here for more information

	10.406 Farm Operating Loans - Objective: To enable operators of not larger than family farms through the extension of credit and supervisory assistance, to make efficient use of their land, labor, and other resources, and to establish and maintain financially viable farming and ranching operations. Click here for more information

	10.407 Farm Ownership Loans - Objective: To assist eligible farmers, ranchers, and aquaculture operators, including farming cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, and joint operations, through the extension of credit and supervisory assistance. Click here for more information

	10.437 Interest Assistance Program - Objective: To provide a 4 percent subsidy to farmers and ranchers, who do not qualify for standard commercial credit. Guaranteed loans are serviced by a lender who has entered into a Lenders Agreement with the agency. Click here for more information

	10.443 Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers - Objective: To reverse the decline of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers across the United States. Click here for more information

	10.450 Crop Insurance - Objective: To assist producers of apples that are suffering from economic loss as a result of low prices for apples. Click here for more information

	10.451 Noninsured Assistance - Objective: To assist seed producers adversely impacted by the bankruptcy filing of AgriBioTech. Click here for more information

	10.454 Dairy Options Pilot Program - Objective: The purpose of the Dairy Options Pilot Program (DOPP) is to educate dairy producers in the use of options contracts as risk management tools and to ascertain the usefulness of options to dairy producers in various regional markets. Click here for more information

	10.900 Great Plains Conservation - Objective: To conserve and develop the Great Plains soil and water resources by providing technical and financial assistance to farmers, ranchers, and others in planning and implementing conservation practices. Click here for more information

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	10.912 Environmental Quality Incentives Program - Objective: Technical, education, and financial assistance to eligible farmers and ranchers to address soil, water, and related natural resource concerns on their lands in an environmentally beneficial and cost-effective manner. Click here for more information

	10.051 Commodity Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments - Objective: 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 the orderly marketing of their crops. Click here for more information

	10.053 Dairy Indemnity Program - Objective: To protect dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products who through no fault of their own, are directed to remove their milk or dairy products from commercial markets because of contamination from pesticides which have been approved for use by the Federal government. Click here for more information

	10.055 Production Flexibility Payments for Contract Commodities - Objective: To support farming certainty and flexibility while ensuring continued compliance with farm conservation and wetland protection requirements. Click here for more information

	10.056 Farm Storage Facility Loans - Objective: To encourage the construction of on farm grain storage capacity and to help farmers adapt to identity preserved storage and handling requirements for genetically enhanced production. Click here for more information

	10.066 Livestock Assistance Program - Objective: To provide direct payments to eligible livestock producers who suffered grazing losses due to drought, hot weather, disease, insect infestation, fire, hurricane, flood, fire, earthquake, severe storm, or other disasters during the 2000 crop year. Click here for more information

	10.073 Crop Disaster Program - Objective: The Acts authorizes the Secretary to provide disaster assistance to producers who suffered crop losses in the 2000 crop year because of adverse weather conditions. Click here for more information

	10.350 Technical Assistance to Cooperatives - Objective: To develop and administer research, technical assistance, statistical, and educational programs on financial, organization, management, legal, social, and economic aspects of farmer cooperatives. Click here for more information

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