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Farm Service Agency Programs Overview FSA Disaster Assistance USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Farm Service Agency (FSA) Overview • Part of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), under the new Farm Production and Conservation mission area: • Farm Service Agency (FSA) • Risk Management Agency (RMA) • Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) • FSA delivers farm programs, loans to help agricultural producers, partner organizations provide food, fuel, fiber • Farm Bill – FSA administers 50 federal programs authorized by 2014 Farm Bill USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Farm Service Agency (FSA) Overview FSA in Texas – Local Service, Local Impact • Approximately 650 full-time FSA employees in Texas 173 Service • Centers across Texas, serving all 254 counties State Office in • College Station USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Getting Started with FSA Determine Your Needs • Disaster Assistance  Livestock losses; Property, equipment damage • Commodity, Price Support  Protect against market losses • Conservation Efforts  Protect endangered wildlife; Reduce erosion • Farm Loans  Start new operation  Expand production, equipment  Begin specialty/niche operation  Sustain farming operations FSA Texas Webpage - www.fsa.usda.gov/tx USDA Service Centers - offices.usda.gov USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

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Getting Started with FSA What to Bring to Your FSA Office • Proof of Identity  Valid driver’s license, passport, other personal identification  Social Security card or IRS paperwork that verifies an Employer Identification Number  Original documents required • Proof of farm/ranch ownership (if recording ownership)  Copy of recorded deed • Lease agreement (if identifying lease) • Entity Identification Status (if recording entity)  Articles of incorporation  Trust & estate documents  Partnership agreement USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Getting Started with FSA - GovDelivery • FSA’s electronic news service delivers important state and local program information instantly  State Newsletters, County News Bulletins, Time- Sensitive local text messages  Subscribe at your local Service Center  Subscribe online at www.fsa.usda.gov/tx on Main Page  SMS Alerts: Important, time-sensitive text messages from your local FSA office • Text TX and your county name (no spaces) to FSANOW (372669) • Example: Recipient = FSANOW (372-669) Message = TXBee USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Disaster Assistance – News • Extra Time, Procedures Granted to Document and Claim Disaster Losses  Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced special procedures to assist producers who lost crops or livestock or had other damage to their farms or ranches as a result of hurricanes Harvey and Irma  USDA will provide additional flexibility to assist farm loan borrowers  FSA authorized emergency procedures on case-by-case basis to assist impacted borrowers, livestock owners, contract growers, others USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Disaster Assistance – News • Some program requirements have been temporarily adjusted for Producers affected by Hurricane Harvey  Financially stressed FSA farm loan borrowers affected by the hurricanes who have received primary loan servicing applications may be eligible for 60 day extensions  Deadlines to file loss for Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) and Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP) extended to 60 days  Special provisions provided for “acceptable proof of livestock death and inventory for livestock losses”  A complete listing of all special farm program provisions is posted at https://go.usa.gov/xRe8p • Contact your local County FSA Office for specific information related to your operation USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

FSA - General Application Requirements Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Certification • Highly Erodible and Wetland certification • USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Livestock Disaster Programs Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) • Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) • Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey • Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP)  Payment limitation of $125,000 per year USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) • Provides benefits to livestock producers for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by adverse weather • Payments are equal to 75 percent of the average fair market value of the livestock USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) • Eligible Livestock • Beef Cattle • Horses • Dairy Cattle • Poultry • Beefalo • Sheep • Bison • Swine • Goats • Other livestock as determined by Sec. of Agriculture USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) • Eligible Livestock Producers  Eligible owners must legally own the eligible livestock on the day the loss occurred  Eligible contract growers must be in possession of the eligible livestock a the time of the loss and have a written agreement with the eligible livestock owner setting the specific terms regarding the production of the livestock. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) • Eligibility Requirements  Livestock must have died in excess of normal mortality as direct result of eligible loss condition that occurred no later than 60 calendar days from ending date of applicable adverse weather event  Livestock must have been maintained for commercial use as part of a farming operation on the day they died USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) • Eligibility Requirements  Livestock must not have been produced for reasons other than commercial use as part of farming operation  Excluded livestock includes wild free-roaming animals, pets or animals used for recreation purposes such as hunting, roping, or show USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) • Application Requirements  Participant must provide Notice of Loss within 30 calendar days of when loss of livestock is apparent to producer  Complete application for payment and provide required supporting documentation for loss no later than 90 calendar days after end of calendar year in which eligible loss condition occurred USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) • Death Loss Supporting Documentation  Beginning and ending inventories for type/kind and weight range of livestock  Type of adverse weather  Proof of Death USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) • Death Loss Supporting Documentation (Cont’d)  Type of documentation: • Photographs/video to document loss, date if possible • Purchase records, veterinarian records, production records, bank or other loan documents • Written contracts, records assembled for tax purposes, private insurance documents • Other similar reliable documents • Adequate proof that eligible livestock deaths occurred as direct result of eligible adverse weather event USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) • How to Apply for 2017 LIP  File a Notice of Loss within 30 calendar days of when loss of livestock is apparent to producer  Application Deadline is March 31, 2018 for 2017 losses  Call your County FSA Office for appointment USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Livestock Disaster Assistance Programs • Livestock Indemnity Program • Application USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Livestock Disaster Assistance Programs • Livestock Indemnity Program • Application USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP) USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP) • Provides emergency assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish for losses due to disease (including cattle tick fever), adverse weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, not covered by LFP and LIP. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP) • Covered Losses:  Livestock Feed Losses  Livestock Grazing Losses  Honeybee Colony Losses  Honeybee Hives Losses  Honeybee Feed Losses  Bait and Game Fish Losses  Aquatic Species Feed Losses USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.