Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program

The Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program (PLIP) provides direct financial assistance to livestock owners for losses of livestock and poultry depopulated from March 1, 2020, through December 26, 2020, due to insufficient processing access during the C

PLIP provides direct financial assistance to livestock owners for losses of livestock and poultry depopulated from March 1, 2020, through December 26, 2020, due to insufficient processing access during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for the cost of depopulation and disposal. Eligible livestock and poultry include swine, chickens, turkeys, and other livestock types announced by the Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs. PLIP was authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116-260). Payments will be based on 80 percent of the market value of the livestock or poultry and depopulation and disposal costs. Payments are calculated using nationwide payment rates determined by USDA, and the payment calculation will take into consideration whether a livestock owner has previously received assistance under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program or a State program for the same costs. Payments will also be reduced by any CFAP 1 and 2 payments paid on the same inventory of swine that were depopulated. Live poultry dealers, packers, and contract growers are not eligible for PLIP.

Eligible applicants only persons or legal entities who, as of the day the eligible livestock or poultry was depopulated, had legal ownership of the livestock or poultry. Packers, live poultry dealers, and contract growers are not eligible for PLIP. Applicants must be a citizen of the United States; resident alien; partnership of U.S. citizens of or resident aliens; corporation, limited liability company, or other organizational structure organized under State law solely owned by U.S. citizens or resident aliens; or Indian Tribe or Tribal organization. Applicants must have had an ownership share in the eligible livestock or poultry. Applicants are subject to an average adjusted gross income limit of $900,000.

Applicants must submit an application and additional required forms, including a farm operating plan, an average adjusted gross income statement, and a highly erodible land conservation and wetland certification, if not already on file with FSA. FSA may request that applicants submit documentation to substantiate the information on their application.

Assistance will be used by livestock and poultry owners who depopulated animals and incurred costs for depopulation and disposal due to insufficient processing access during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The application period was July 20, 2021 through October 12, 2021. All required supporting documentation must have been submitted to the applicant's FSA county office no later than 60 days from the date the applicant signs their PLIP application. There are no restrictions placed on the time permitted to spend the money awarded.

Applicants must submit a complete PLIP application to their FSA county office. All eligibility documentation must be submitted to their FSA county office no later than 60 days from the date a producer signs the application. If required documentation is not submitted within the 60 days, the application will not be processed and will not be acted on by USDA. If requested by FSA, the applicant must provide supporting documentation to substantiate the information on their application and ownership of the livestock and poultry claimed on the application. Examples of supporting documentation that may be requested include veterinarian records, feeding records, inventory records, rendering receipts, purchase receipts, and other records determined acceptable by the relevant FSA county committee. If any supporting documentation is requested, the documentation must be submitted to FSA within 30 days from the request or the application will be disapproved by FSA.

The assistance will be approved and awarded by FSA to eligible livestock and poultry owners.

Livestock and poultry owners must have applied for PLIP by October 12, 2021. All required supporting documentation must have been submitted to the applicant's FSA county office no later than 60 days from the date the applicant signs their PLIP application.

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. 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.