Pandemic Cover Crop Program

 

Agricultural producers who have coverage under most crop insurance policies are eligible for a premium benefit from USDA if they planted cover crops during this crop year. The Pandemic Cover Crop Program, offered by USDAs Risk Management Agency (RMA), reduces producers overall premium bills and helps them maintain their cover crop systems. Cultivating cover crops requires a sustained, long-term investment, and the economic challenges of the pandemic make it financially challenging for many producers to maintain cover crop systems. PCCP helps ensure producers can continue this important conservation practice

Active 10.461 Risk Management Agency, Department of Agriculture G - Insurance Not applicable. Public Law 116-260
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Any farmer who plants a cover crop and buys crop insurance for a cash crop on the same land. Not applicable. Producers automatically receive the benefit if they filed the Report of Acreage form (FSA-578) by the program deadline each year with their local FSA office. To file the report, producers should contact their local USDA Service Center to make an appointment. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. Producers automatically receive the benefit if they filed the Report of Acreage form (FSA-578) by the program deadline with their local FSA office. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Offsets the cost of crop insurance when also planting a cover crop. Not applicable. FSA and RMA data mining and spot checks reviews will monitor reported acreage of cover crops. Not applicable. Statutory Formula: Title 7 Chapter IV Part 460 Subpart B

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Only the 2021 and 2022 crop years have funding available. Benefit is deducted from a crop insurance bill. None/Not specified. David Zanoni, Senior Underwriter
USDA/RMA/Stop 0801
Room 2004-South
1400 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20250 USA
David.Zanoni@usda.gov
Phone: 8169266142 12-9913-0-1-999 (Insurance (Reimbursement)) FY 22$77,903,794.00; FY 23 est $3,388,351.00; FY 24 est $0.00; FY 21$59,706,476.00; - Program retired in 2022 crop year, funds remaining expected to finalized previously earned awards during FY23 Benefits range from $1 to $90,000 per person with the average benefit around $1,200. 7 CFR Part 460, subpart B https://www.farmers.gov/coronavirus/pandemic-assistance/pccp Not applicable.