To provide emergency assistance to eligible livestock
owners, in a State, county, or area approved by the Secretary or designee,
where because of disease, insect infestation, flood, drought, fire, hurricane,
earthquake, hail storm, hot weather, cold weather, freeze, snow, ice, and
winterkill, or other natural disaster, a livestock emergency has been
determined to exist.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:
Direct Payments for Specified Use. Place Cursor Here for Definition
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Direct Payments are for unrestricted use. Feed on which
cost-sharing is received: (a) Must be fed to the producer's livestock; (b) may
not be resold; and (c) must be utilized during the established feeding period.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant Eligibility:
Applicants must meet all of the following conditions as determined by the
approving official: (1) May not have total annual gross revenue in excess of
$2.5 million; (2) be actively engaged in farming with at least 10 percent of
gross revenue derived from the production of grain or livestock; (3) must have
suffered a 40 percent or greater loss of normal feed production on the farm;
and (4) have insufficient feed available for eligible livestock for the
duration of the emergency; and (5) applicants eligible to receive program
benefits under more than one program administered by the Secretary for the
same crop loss must choose whether to receive other program benefits or
disaster reserve assistance benefits. Applicants are not eligible for both.
Basic program eligibility requirements include: (1) For the Disaster Reserve
Assistance Program, crop losses in areas that have suffered a 40 percent or
greater loss of normal grazing, and feed grain and forage production, and
determined to be in a livestock feed emergency due to a natural disaster; (2)
for the Emergency Feed Grain Donation Program: (a) the State committee must
determine and document a livestock feed emergency on a county-by-county basis,
when the danger of eligible livestock perishing as a result of snow and
freezing conditions exists in the county, (b) the livestock owner, or other
person or entities (public or private) certify that the eligible livestock
were or are in danger of perishing without immediate assistance; and (3) the
Foundation Livestock Relief (Cost-Share) Program: (a) when foundation
livestock are stranded and in imminent danger of perishing, and (b) when the
State committee determines and documents livestock losses due to severe
weather conditions.
Beneficiary Eligibility:
Applicants must meet all of the following conditions as determined by the
approving official: (1) May not have total annual gross revenue in excess of
$2.5 million; (2) be actively engaged in farming with at least 10 percent of
gross revenue derived from the production of grain or livestock; (3) must have
suffered a 40 percent or greater loss of normal feed production on the farm;
and (4) have insufficient feed available for eligible livestock for the
duration of the emergency; and (5) applicants eligible to receive program
benefits under more than one program administered by the Secretary for the
same crop loss must choose whether to receive other program benefits or
disaster reserve assistance benefits. Applicants are not eligible for both.
Credentials/Documentation:
Applicants must certify: (1) Ownership of livestock, feed loss, and feed
available, (2) that annual gross revenue is not in excess of $2.5 million, (3)
derives at least 10 percent of gross revenue from the production of grain and
livestock. Applicants must also be an established producer or husbandry of
livestock or a dairy producer who is: (1) Actively engaged in farming; (2) a
citizen of, or legal resident alien in the United States; (3) a farm
cooperative, private domestic corporation, partnership, or joint operation in
which a majority interest is held by the members, stockholders, or partners
who are citizens of, or legal resident aliens of the United States; (4) any
Indian tribe or tribal organization of the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act; and (5) any organization under the Indian
Reorganization Act or Financing Act.
Pre-application Coordination:
There is no pre-application coordination related to this program. This program
is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102 and E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: (1)
Applicants visit the county FSA office in the eligible county to make
application, certify eligibility and report feed loss, feed available, and
eligible livestock related to the disaster occurrence; and (2) applicants also
receive authority to participate in the program as provided by the approving
official.
Award Procedure: None.
Deadlines: Feeding periods
for the disaster reserve assistance program begin (a) the first day of the
1996 crop year in counties approved for 1995 or 1996 livestock feed programs;
(b) the date the producer filed an application, if the natural disaster began
after the beginning of the 1996 crop year; the date of the occurrence for
sudden natural disasters that occurred after the beginning of the 1996 crop
year.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:
Approval is 30 days or less in most cases if complete information is furnished
by the applicant.
Appeals: Applicants may
appeal to the county and State FSA committees and to the National Appeals
Division.
Renewals: Not applicable.
ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula and Matching Requirements:
Formula and matching requirements are not considered under this program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:
Payment is made by check upon presenting satisfactory evidence of cost of feed
purchased and determining program eligibility.
POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports: There are no reports
due for post assistance requirements under this program.
Audits: Recipients under
these programs are subject to audit by the Office of the Regional Inspector
General, USDA.
Records: Owners, dealers,
handlers, and warehousemen shall retain financial books and records that
permit verification of all transactions for at least 3 years following the end
of the calendar year in which assistance is provided.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Account Identification:
12-4336-0-1-351.
Obligations: (Direct cash
Payments) Dairy Production Disaster Assistance Program: FY 01 $11,036; FY 02
est $0; and FY 03 est $0; American Indian Livestock Assistance Program: FY 01
$3,896,452; FY 02 est $6,874,391; and FY 03 est $13,704,000; Disaster Reserve
Flood Compensation Program: FY 01 $668,406; FY 02 est $85,957,000; and FY 03
est $0; Crop Disaster Assistance Program: FY 01 $1,251,308,856; FY 02 est
$1,800,000,000; and FY 03 est $0; and Livestock Indemnity Program: FY 01
$4,930,979; FY 02 est $19,074,000; and FY 03 est $0.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance:
Not applicable.
Payment adjustments made under the Dairy Production
Disaster Assistance Program in fiscal year 2001 totaled $11,036 as of
September 30, 2001. Payments made under the Dairy Production Disaster
Assistance Program in fiscal year 2002 totaled $0 as of December 31, 2001.
Payments made under the American Indian Livestock Assistance Program in fiscal
year 2001 totaled $6,874,391 as of September 30, 2001. Payments made under the
American Indian Livestock Assistance Program in fiscal year 2002 totaled
$802,245 as of December 31, 2001. Payments made under the Disaster Reserve
Flood Compensation Program in fiscal year 2001 totaled $668,406 as of
September 30, 2001. Payments made under the Disaster Reserve Flood
Compensation Program in fiscal year 2001 totaled $2,025 as of December 31,
2001. Payments made under the Crop Disaster Assistance Program in fiscal year
2001 totaled $1,251,308,856 as of September 30, 2001. Payments made under the
Crop Disaster Assistance Program in fiscal year 2002 totaled $3,418,594 as of
December 31, 2001. However, the fiscal year 2002 program has not yet begun.
Payments made under the Livestock Indemnity Program in fiscal year 2001
totaled $4,930,979 as of September 30, 2001. Payments made under the Livestock
Indemnity Program in fiscal year 2002 totaled $0 as of December 31, 2001.
REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
Procedural handbooks are available in county FSA
offices.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office:
Consult the local telephone directory for location of the nearest county FSA
office. If no listing, contact the appropriate State FSA office.
Headquarters Office:
Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Emergency and Noninsured
Assistance Program Division, STOP 0526, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250-0526. Telephone: (202) 720-3168.
Web Site Address: http://www.fsa.usda.gov
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
There are no funded projects related to this program.
