Livestock Indemnity Program

 

The Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) compensates livestock producers for livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality that died as a direct result or an eligible adverse weather event that occured on or after January 1, 2008, and before October 1, 2011. The livestock must have died no later than 60 calendar days from the ending date of the applicable adverse weather event, but before November 30, 2011. No State, county or other trigger will be used to define an eligible LIP area. Sign up will begin when an eligible disaster is apparent. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) extended LIP to cover livestock losses in excess of normal mortality that occur through September 30, 2013, subject to appropriations.

Deleted 02/05/2016 (Archived.) 10.088 Agency: Department of Agriculture
Office: Farm Service Agency Direct Payments for Specified Use Not Applicable. The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; Public Law 110-246; American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA), Public Law 110-246. An eligible producer may use assistance for livestock death losses in excess of the normal mortality due to adverse weather. Livestock owner for benefits with respect to the death of an animal, the applicant must have had legal ownership of the eligible livestock on day the livestock died and under conditions in which no contract grower could have been eligible for benefits with respect to the animal. Contract grower for benefits with respect to the death of an animal, the animal must be poultry or swine and the contract grower must have had a written agreement with the owner of eligible livestock setting the specific terms, conditions, and obligations of the parties involved regarding the production of livestock; control of the eligible livestock on the day the livestock died; and a risk of loss in the animal. Verifiable proof of death of livestock must be provided and may include but is not limited to, any or a combination of the following: rendering truck receipts or certificates; national guard receipts of carcass removal; veterinary records; tax assessor records; private insurance documents. Documentation must provide sufficient data that identifies the kind/type/weight range of livestock and the number of livestock. Reliable proof of death records with verifiable beginning and ending inventories may be provided when verifiable proof of death records are not available. A third party certification on FSA form FSA-926 may be accepted only when participant certifies in writing that no other form of proof of death is available and includes the number and physical location of livestock in inventory at time death occurs. Documentation must also be provided to support the number of livestock in inventory at the time the death occurred. The third party providing the certification must be a reliable source in a position to have knowledge of the dead livestock and shall not be affiliated with the operation such as a hired hand or a family member, etc. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. A notice of loss must be filed within the earlier of 30 days of when the loss is apparent or 30 calendar days after the end of the calendar year in which the loss of livestock occurred. Indemnity payments to an eligible producer on a farm shall be made at a rate of 75 percent of the market value of the applicable livestock on the day before the date of death of the livestock, as determined by the Secretary for each specific livestock category; individual producers' eligible losses; and calculations will be performed separately by eligible livestock (by type, kind, and weight range) and producer type. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. The assistance will be used to provide relief to eligible producers due to adverse weather, that occurred on or after January 1, 2008, and before October 1, 2011.as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture (henceforth the Secretary), during the applicable calendar year for livestock that died no later than 60 calendar days from the ending date of the applicable adverse weather event, but before November 30, 2011. Livestock death losses directly resulting from adverse weather events that occur after September 30, 2011, will only be eligible for assistance under ATRA if funds are appropriated. An eligible producer on a farm means an individual or entity that, as determined by the Secretary, assumes the production and market risks associated with the agricultural production of crops or livestock. An individual or entity is a citizen of the United States (U.S.); a resident alien; a partnership of citizens of the U.S.; or a corporation, limited liability corporation, or other farm organizational structure organized under State law. Eligible livestock is an adult/non-adult beef or dairy cattle, adult/non-adult buffalo/beefalo, equine maintained for commercial use as part of the farming operation, elk, reindeer, deer, sheep, alpacas, emus, swine, goats, llamas, and poultry. Eligible adverse weather events are wildfire (must be related to an adverse weather event), blizzard, tornado, lightning, earthquakes, flooding, extreme cold or extreme heat. If an eligible livestock dies due to a disease, it must be related to or exacerbated by an eligible adverse weather event to be an eligible cause of livestock deaths under LIP. Drought is not an eligible adverse weather event except when associated with anthrax, a condition that occurs because of drought and results in the death of eligible livestock. No reports are required. No audits are required for this program. No Data Available. This program has no statutory formula.
This program has no matching requirements.
This program does not have MOE requirements. There are no restrictions place on the time permited to spend the money awarded. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum. None. Scotty M. Abbott FSA DAFP PECD, 1400 Independence Ave SW, Room 4758-S, Washington, District of Columbia 20250 Email: Scotty.Abbott@wdc.usda.gov Phone: (202) 720-7997 Fax: (202) 690-2130 No Data Available 12-5531-0-2-351. (Direct Payments for Specified Use) FY 12 $25,891,166; FY 13 est $0; and FY 14 est $0 - Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance is only effective for losses incurred as the result of a disaster, adverse weather, or other environmental conditions that occurred on or before September 30, 2011. Losses that occur due to a adverse weather event after September 30, 2011, will only be compensated under ATRA if funds are appropriated. Not available. Not Applicable. Not Applicable.