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USDA Farm Service Agency Val Dolcini, State Executive Director

USDA Farm Service Agency Val Dolcini, State Executive Director. FSA: Serving California’s Farmers and Ranchers. 1. Rainbow over ag land - Santa Maria, CA. USDA Farm Service Agency

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USDA Farm Service Agency Val Dolcini, State Executive Director

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  1. USDA Farm Service Agency Val Dolcini, State Executive Director FSA: Serving California’s Farmers and Ranchers 1 Rainbow over ag land - Santa Maria, CA

  2. USDA Farm Service Agency Mission: To equitably serve all farmers, ranchers and agricultural partners through the delivery of effective, efficient agricultural programs for all Americans. 2

  3. 30 FSA County Offices in California 2,400 FSA Offices in the U.S. 3

  4. 2010 California FSA Highlights  Farm Assistance Programs and Loans: $667 million - FY 2010  Top CA counties in Program Dollars: Tulare, Fresno, Kings, Colusa, Kern, Sutter, Glenn, Butte and Merced Socially Disadvantaged Farmers / Ranchers: received 40% of loans in California 4

  5. California Agriculture At-A-Glance •81,000 farms and ranches (less than 4% of national total) •11.2% of total US crop and commodity value •$36.2 billion in total output (No. 1 state in farm-gate receipts) •Over 400 commodities, including half the nation’s fruits, nuts and vegetables •$12.9 billion in exports in 2008 to over 190 countries worldwide. •9 of 10 most productive ag counties in US (Fresno, Tulare, Kern, Monterey, Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Kings, Imperial, Ventura) 5

  6. Major FSA Programs Disaster Assistance  Price Support/Commodity Payments  Conservation and Bio-Energy  Managing Ag Credit Needs 6

  7. Disaster Assistance Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP): Provides catastrophic coverage for crops that don’t have insurance programs. Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE): Covers farm revenue losses, replaces former “ad hoc” disaster assistance funding Tree Assistance Program (TAP): Provides cost-shares and payments to rehabilitate or restore orchards and vineyards Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP): Currently providing benefits for Colony Collapse Disorder of Bee Colonies Livestock Indemnity Payments (LIP): Provides compensation for livestock deaths due to natural disaster Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP): Provides benefits for grazing feed losses 7

  8. Disaster Assistance/SURE Whole farm revenue assistance program Farm must be in a primary or contiguous county designated as a disaster county OR farm must suffer 50% revenue loss Crop insurance required for insurable crops NAP coverage required for non-insurable crops Contact your Crop Insurance Agent and County FSA office following any weather disaster! 8

  9. SURE Over $1 billion paid out nationally in 2008, but only $18 million paid out in California Criticisms  Doesn’t adequately respond to diverse farming operations (e.g. most California farms) Too complex Payments not made for approximately one year after crops harvested Doesn’t “work for everyone” (i.e. those who don’t purchase crop insurance) 9

  10. Price Support/Commodity Payments Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP): provides payments (Direct and Market Price-driven payments) to established commodity crop farms Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program: producers can opt to receive revenue-based payments instead of market price driven payments Commodity Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) price support programs assist producers in the marketing of their commodity crops, including loans and payments Dairy Programs: Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) and Dairy Disaster Assistance provides payments to compensate for low milk prices and production losses 10

  11. Conservation and Bio-Energy Conservation Reserve Program (CRP): removes highly erodible land from production with incentives to implement approved conservation practices. More than 125,000 acres protected in CA. Emergency Conservation Program (ECP): emergency funding to rehabilitate land damaged by natural disasters or provide emergency livestock water Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP): provides direct payments to owners of biomass products that are converted to energy and for the planting of such crops 11

  12. Managing Ag Credit Needs  Operating and Ownership Loans: a)by conventional ag lenders with payment guaranteed by FSA or b)direct loans for borrowers who are unable to obtain credit elsewhere. Special targets: Beginning and Socially Disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and Rural Youth. Over $117 million loaned in FY10.  Emergency Loan Program: Direct loans to assist with the recovery of production and physical losses to applicants who are unable to obtain credit elsewhere.  Conservation Loans: Low-interest loans to implement conservation measures to benefit habitat. 12

  13. 2008 Farm Bill Budget Source: Congressional Budget Office 13

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  15. TEAM FSA – Serving California Agriculture

  16. Contact Us val.dolcini@ca.usda.gov www.fsa.usda.gov/ca 530-792-5520 16

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