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Michigan State Programs

Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)

Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) provides monetary support to manufacturers or entities that deliver eligible biomass material to designated biomass conversion facilities for usage as heat, power, biobased products or biofuels. Initial assistance will be for the Collection, Harvest, Storage and Transportation (CHST) costs associated with the delivery of eligible materials. Discover more

Conservation Reserve Program - State Acres For Wildlife Enhancement (CRP-SAFE)

CRP-SAFE allows manufacturers to install practices that benefit high top priority State wildlife conservation goals through making use of targeted restoration of vital environment. The goal of SAFE is to produce varied grasslands in 18 southern Michigan counties and pollinator environment in 22 counties in the western Lower Peninsula. Landowners who choose to take part in the practice might receive 90 to 100 percent of the expense of transforming cropland into wildlife habitat. They get rental payments for 10 to 15 years.

A loan made to eligible applicants to buy, expand, or make capital enhancements to household farms, or to promote soil and water preservation and defense. Maximum loan quantity is $300,000. A portion of direct farm ownership loan funds is targeted for starting farmers and socially disadvantaged applicants as mandated by areas 346 and 355 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (Pub. L. 87-128) (CONACT) (7 U.S.C. 1994 and 7 U.S.C. 2003), respectively. The statutory authority for direct farm ownership loans is section 302 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1922). Discover more

A loan made to a qualified applicant to help with the financial expenses of a farm. Maximum loan amount is $300,000. A percentage of direct operating loan funds is targeted for starting farmers as mandated areas 346 and 355 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (Pub. L. 87-128) (CONACT) (7 U.S.C. 1994 and 7 U.S.C. 2003), respectively. The statutory authority for direct operating loans is area 311 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1911). Discover more

A loan made by another lender and guaranteed by FSA to qualified applicants to purchase, enlarge, or make capital enhancements to family farms, or to promote soil and water conservation and defense. Maximum loan amount is $1,112,000. A portion of guaranteed farm ownership loan funds is targeted for beginning farmers as mandated by sections 346 and 355 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (CONACT) (Pub. L. 87-128) (7 U.S.C. 1994 and 7 U.S.C. 2003), respectively. The statutory authority for ensured farm ownership loans is section 302 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1922). Discover more

A loan made by another loan provider and ensured by FSA to a qualified candidate to assist with the financial costs of running a farm. Maximum loan quantity is $1,112,000. A portion of guaranteed operating loan funds is targeted for beginning farmers as mandated areas 346 and 355 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (Pub. L. 87-128) (CONACT) (7 U.S.C. 1994 and 7 U.S.C. 2003), respectively. The statutory authority for ensured operating loans is Section 311 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1941). Discover more

Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)

The 2014 Farm Bill authorized the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) to provide payment to qualified animals producers who have suffered grazing losses for covered livestock on land that is native or better pastureland with permanent vegetative cover or is planted particularly for grazing. The grazing losses must be because of a certifying drought condition throughout the typical grazing period for the county. Find out more

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)

The 2014 Farm Bill authorized the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) to supply advantages to livestock producers for livestock deaths in excess of typical mortality triggered by eligible loss conditions, including qualified negative weather, eligible illness and qualified attacks (attacks by animals reestablished into the wild by the federal government or secured by federal law, consisting of wolves and bird predators). LIP payments are equivalent to 75 percent of the marketplace value of the appropriate livestock on the day before the date of death of the animals as identified by the Secretary. Discover more

Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy)

The Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) is a voluntary threat management program for dairy producers authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill through Dec. 31, 2018. Significant modifications to MPP-Dairy for the 2018 coverage year are more licensed by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. The MPP-Dairy offers security to dairy manufacturers when the difference in between the all milk price and the typical feed cost (the margin) falls listed below a certain dollar quantity selected by the producer. Discover more

Part VII of subtitle B of Title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359 et seq.), as amended by area 1403 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-171), supplies that, at the beginning of each , CCC will establish marketing allotments for locally produced sugar from sugar beets and domestically produced sugarcane. The Secretary will make every effort to develop a total allotment quantity that results in no forfeitures of sugar to CCC under the sugar loan program. The Secretary shall make estimates of sugar consumption, stocks, production, and imports for a crop year as needed, but not later than the start of each of the second through 4th quarters of the crop year. Prior to the start of the , these price quotes should be updated.