Emergency Grain Storage Facility Assistance Program

 

The Emergency Grain Storage Facility Assistance Program (EGSFP) will provide assistance to producers affected by: tornadoes that passed through Kentucky in December 2021 derechos, floods, hurricanes, and winter storms that swept through Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Tennessee in 2022. EGSFP will help impacted producers who are currently struggling with a lack of available grain storage and resources needed to properly store their grain crop. Producers in eligible areas will receive direct payments to assist with marketing and storage disruptions. EGSFP will provide a cost-share payment to assist grain producers with building new or used on-farm grain storage capacity and purchase drying and handling equipment. EGSFP funds are anticipated to cover a percentage of the eligible expenses associated with: purchasing and building on-farm grain storage capacity drying and handling equipment.

Active 10.973 Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture D - Direct Payments With Unrestricted Use Not applicable. Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act Applicants must be a citizen of the United States; resident alien; partnership of citizens of the United States; corporation, limited liability company, or other organizational structure organized under State law; Indian Tribe or Tribal organization. A producer must be in compliance with highly erodible land conservation and wetland conservation provisions, commonly referred to as the conservation compliance provisions. Not applicable. FSA will make available $80 million to producers, FSA-413, Emergency Grain Storage Facility Assistance Program (EGSFP) Application and FSA-413-1, Continuation Sheet for EGSFP, if applicable, to apply for assistance. FSA expects application signup will start March 16, 2023 and end on the date the amended NOFA is published in the Federal Register. To apply for EGSFP assistance, all applicants must submit a completed form FSA-413, EGSFP Application and FSA-413-1, Continuation Sheet for EGSFP, if applicable, to their administrative FSA county office by the deadline that will be announced by an FSA press release and FSA notice, by DAFP. A complete EGSFP Program application consists of filing an FSA-413, and FSA-413-1, if applicable. Applicants may apply for EGSFP at any USDA Service Center. Applicants must submit the following forms in person or by mail, e-mail, facsimile, or other methods announced by FSA: o Form FSA-413, Emergency Grain Storage Facility Assistance Program Application; FSA-413-1, Continuation Sheet for EGSFP; o Form CCC-860, Socially Disadvantaged, Limited Resource, Beginning and Veteran Farmer or Rancher Certification, for the applicable program year if the applicant qualifies as an underserved farmer or rancher and this form is not already on file with FSA; o Form AD-2047, Customer Data Worksheet, if not already on file with FSA. Applicants are to submit only one FSA-413 for EGSFP assistance. If requested by FSA, the applicant must provide supporting documentation to verify the accuracy of information provided on the application. If any supporting documentation is requested, the documentation must be submitted to FSA within 30 calendar days from the request or the application will be disapproved by FSA. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. Applicants must submit a complete EGSFP application to their FSA county office. The assistance will be approved and awarded by FSA to eligible producers. Payments will be made after the end of the sign-up period. If total EGSFP payments exceed the appropriated $80 million, an additional payment factor will apply. The assistance will be approved and awarded by FSA to eligible producers. Payments will be made by July or August 2023. Contact the Headquarters or Regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines. 1-30 Days From 15 to 30 days. Applicants may request reconsideration of a decision by the decision authority or appeal such decisions to a higher authority including the county and State FSA committees and the National Appeals Division. Appeal regulations in 7 CFR parts 11 and 780 apply. EGSFP eligibility and other matters of general applicability that are not in response to, or result from, an individual set of facts in an individual participant's application for payment are not matters that can be appealed. Not applicable. Not applicable. Unrestricted use. Not applicable. Not applicable. If requested, applicants must submit documentation to verify the information certified on their application. Applicants must retain documentation in support of the application for 3 years after the date of approval. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Contact the Headquarters for application deadlines. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None/Not specified. Toni D. Williams
USDA-FSA-PSD, Stop 0512, 1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20250-0512 US
toni.williams@usda.gov
Phone: (202) 720-2270 https://www.farmers.gov/ 12-9913-0-1-999 (Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use) FY 22 FY 23 est $80,000,000.00; FY 24 est $0.00; FY 21$0.00; - Payments are subject to a $125,000 payment limitation. Press release, forms, and directives will be made available. The Notice of Funds Availability was published on March 16, 2023. Not applicable.