Direct and Counter-cyclical Payments Program
Active
- Assistance listing
- 10.055
- Agency
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Farm Service Agency
Department of Agriculture
- Grant awards
- Not on record
Program facts
- Also known as
- (DCP)
- Eligible applicants
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- Other public institution/organization
- Individual/Family
- Anyone/general public
- Profit organization
- Minority group
- Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
- Small business (less than 500 employees)
- Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
- Other private institutions/organizations
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals)
- Native American Organizations (includes lndian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations)
- Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
- Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments
- Non-Government - General
- Beneficiaries
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- Public nonprofit institution/organization
- State
- Land/Property Owner
- Small Business Person
- Farmer/Rancher/Agriculture Producer
- Native American Organizations
- Local
- School
- Other private institution/organization
- Private nonprofit institution/organization
- Small business
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
- Sponsored organization
- Treasury account
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- 12-4336-0-3-351
- More information
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated .
About this program
The Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency administers the Direct and Counter-cyclical Payments Program (CFDA 10.055) to provide income support to eligible producers of covered commodities through annual direct payments and counter-cyclical payments triggered by commodity price declines, with producer applications processed on a routine annual basis for which no current grant opportunities are posted in the available records.
The program funds income transfers to farm producers who meet conservation compliance, wetland protection, and planting flexibility requirements across all of their farms. Eligible producers submit annual applications including a farm operating plan (CCC-902), average adjusted gross income certification (CCC-933), highly erodible land and wetland conservation compliance certification (AD-1026), and cropland acreage documentation (FSA-578). Direct payments are distributed after October 1 each year; counter-cyclical payments are issued after the marketing year concludes, depending on commodity prices. Producers may opt out of program participation in any given year. Approval is contingent on farm compliance with conservation and wetland protection requirements and is characterized as routine and prompt once documentation is complete.
The program operates through county committees that process applications and approve producer shares for payment. Recipients must maintain financial records for at least three years following the assistance year and are subject to audit by the Office of the Regional Inspector General, USDA. Program announcements are disseminated through news media and direct letters to agricultural producers in participating counties; regulations are published in 7 CFR Part 1412.
No recent grant award data, award portfolio figures, award cadence information, or active grant opportunities appear in the available source material. The source does not contain federal dollar obligated totals, typical award magnitudes, representative recent awards, or posted solicitation due dates. The program appears to operate as a formula or eligibility-based payment program rather than as a competitive grants portfolio, though this distinction is not explicitly confirmed in the source provided.
Objective and description
- Objective
To provide income support to eligible producers of covered commodities.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
To be eligible for payments under DCP, owners, operators, landlords, tenants, or sharecroppers must (1) share in the risk of producing a crop on base acres on a farm enrolled in DCP, and be entitled to share in the crop available for marketing from the base acres, or would have shared had a crop been produced; (2) annually report the use of the farm's cropland acreage; (3) comply with conservation and wetland protection requirements on all of their land; (4) comply with planting flexibility requirements; (5) use the base acres for agricultural or related activities; and (5) protect all base acres from erosion, including providing sufficient cover as determined necessary by the county FSA committee, and control weeds.
- Beneficiary eligibility
DCP provides payments to eligible producers on farms enrolled for the 2008 through 2013 crop years.
- Credentials and documentation
As a condition of eligibility for direct and counter-cyclical payments, the operator or owner must submit a report of all cropland acreage on the farm. Reports of production evidence for all covered commodities shall be provided to the county committee of the county where the farm is administratively located, by farm and crop in such manner as required by CCC on a CCC-approved standard, uniform form designated by CCC. When disposition of production has been through commercial channels, CCC may require the producer to furnish documentary evidence in order to verify the information provided on the report of production.
- Uses of assistance
With respect to Fiscal Year 2008 payments, CCC will offer to enter into a contract with eligible producers of covered commodities on June 25, 2008 through the date announced by CCC. With respect to Fiscal Years 2009 through 2013, CCC shall offer to annually enter into a contract with an eligible producer on a farm having base acreage with respect to a covered commodity at the beginning of each such fiscal year 2009 through 20013 through the date announced by CCC for each such year.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
Direct payments are made after October 1, 2013. Counter-cyclical payments are made after the end of the marketing year for the applicable crop. Both dates are statutory.
How to apply
- Application procedure
The CCC-509 must be submitted. The following documents are required and applicable determinations must be made before the county committee can approve a producer's share on the CCC-509 for payment: (1) a farm operating plan (CCC-902 and related forms); (2) an average adjusted gross income certification (CCC-933); (3) a certification of compliance with highly erodible land and wetland conservation provisions (AD-1026). A certification of the acreage of all cropland on the farm (FSA-578) is needed before final payments can be issued.
- Award procedure
Producers receive their direct payments after October 1, 2013. Producers receive their final counter-cyclical payments are made after the end of the marketing year for the crop.
- Deadlines
Please contact the program contact listed in the Information Contacts section below.
- Time to approval or disapproval
Approval of payments depends on farmer compliance with conservation and wetland protection requirements on all of the producers' farms, planting flexibility requirements and other eligibility requirements mentioned above, and is fairly routine and prompt.
- Renewals
Farm producers must apply for DCP on an annual basis and can opt out of participating in DCP for any year if they so choose.
- Appeals
A producer may obtain reconsideration and review of any adverse determination made under this part in accordance with the appeal regulations found at parts 11 and 780 of Title 7 Agriculture.
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 10.055?
Assistance Listing 10.055 is Direct and Counter-cyclical Payments Program, a federal grant program run by Farm Service Agency (Department of Agriculture).
What is the CFDA number for Direct and Counter-cyclical Payments Program?
Its CFDA number is 10.055: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
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