Cotton Transition Assistance Program

 

CTAP is a temporary program that provides payments to producers on farms for which cotton base acres were in existence as of September 30, 2013.

Deleted 03/27/2024 (Archived.) 10.114 Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture C - Direct Payments For Specified Use; D - Direct Payments With Unrestricted Use Not applicable. The Agricultural Act of 2014, Title I, Part II, Section 1119, Public Law 113-79
This program was not renewed in The Agricultural Act of 2018. An eligible producer for CTAP is required to be a person or legal entity who is actively engaged in farming and otherwise eligible to receive payment. CTAP payments in each of the 2014 and 2015 program years are limited to $40,000 per person or legal entity, similar to the $40,000 per person or legal entity limitation to applied to DCP under The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, P.L. 110-246. A person or legal entity is ineligible for payments if the person's or legal entity's average gross income (AGI) for the applicable compliance program year is in excess of $900,000. If a person with an indirect interest in a legal entity has AGI in excess of $900,000, the CTAP payments subject to AGI compliance provisions to the legal entity will be reduced as calculated based on the percent interest of the person in the legal entity receiving the payment. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) will provide adequate notice to producer about the new CTAP regulations so they will be ready to begin sign-up for CTAP. Payments will process as soon as possible after October 1, 2014, as soon as the application period closes. Therefore, to begin providing benefits to producers in a timely fashion, the final rule is effective when published in the Federal Register. An eligible producer on a farm is required to provide a copy of their written lease to the county committee and, in the absence of a written lease, is required to provide the county committee a complete written description of the terms and conditions of any oral agreement or lease. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Eligible producers may apply for CTAP by completing CCC-957 application and providing supportive and necessary contractual documents to the FSA county office. For 2014 CTAP applications must be submitted by September 30, 2014 and for 2015 CTAP, by July 31, 2015. Eligible producers receive their 2014 CTAP payments after October 1, 2014 after the end of the application period. Eligible producers receive their 2015 CTAP payments after October 1, 2015 after the end of the application period. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 15 to 30 days. Each eligible producer on a farm may apply for and receive CTAP payments determined to be fair and equitable as agreed to by all producers on the farm and as approved by the county committee. CTAP payments will be determined based on shares recorded on the application for CTAP payments for the particular program year. Generally, participants receiving an adverse program determination have 30 days from date of receipt to file an appeal of that decision. A participant may seek reconsideration and appeal review of any individual program eligibility adverse determination made in accordance with the appeal regulations found in 7 CFR, parts 11 and 780. Not applicable. Not applicable. CTAP is intended to be a transition for producers on farms with upland cotton base acres that were in existence as of September 30, 2013, between the previous Direct and Counter-Cycle Program (DCP) payments and the new Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX) which is scheduled to be made available to most cotton counties in 2015 crop year. CTAP is authorized for all counties and farms having cotton base acres in the 2014 crop year; however it will only operate in the 2015 crop year in counties where STAX is not yet available. STAX is specified in Section 11017 of P.L. 113-79. Similar to DCP, producers do not have to actually grow or harvest upland cotton to be eligible for CTAP. CTAP payments will be made to eligible producers on or after October 1 of the crop year when upland cotton is or ordinarily would have been harvested. Similar to DCP, payment eligibility is based upon the number of upland cotton base acres, which are not required to be planted to cotton. Not applicable. Not applicable. An eligible producer or an other eligible persons or legal entity receiving CTAP assistance, shall maintain and retain financial books and records which will permit verification of all transactions for at least 3 years, following the end of the calendar year in which assistance was provided. Statutory Formula: Title 7 CFR Chapter 1412 Part E Public Law 113-79

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. There are no restrictions placed on the time permitted to spend the money awarded. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None/Not specified. Brent N Orr
1400 Independence Ave SW Room 4759-S
Washington, DC 20024 US
Brent.Orr@wdc.usda.gov
Phone: (202) 720-7641
Fax: (202) 690-2130 http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/newsReleases?area=newsroom&subject=landing&topic=pfs&newstype=prfactsheet&type=detail&item=pf_20150706_insup_en_ctap.html 12-4336-0-3-351 (Direct Payments for Specified Use) FY 18$35,272.00; FY 19 est $0.00; FY 20 est $0.00; FY 17$956,933.00; FY 16$1,000,000.00; - Not applicable/available. Program is announced through news media and in letters to agricultural producers in the counties. Regulations published in the Federal Register, 7 CFR Part 1412. Not applicable.