Announcement Type: Announcement of Availability of Funds and Request for Application for Competitive Cooperative Partnership Agreements.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA): 10.459. Dates: Applications are due 5 p.m. EDT, April 23, 2007.
Summary: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), operating through the Risk Management Agency (RMA), announces the availability of approximately $500,000 for Commodity Partnerships for Small Agricultural Risk Management Education Sessions (the Commodity
Partnerships Small Sessions Program). The purpose of this cooperative partnership agreement program is to deliver training and information in the management of production, marketing, and financial risk to U.S. agricultural producers. The program gives priority to educating producers of crops currently not insured under Federal crop insurance,
specialty crops, and underserved commodities, including livestock and forage. A maximum of 50 cooperative partnership agreements will be funded, with no more than five in each of the ten designated RMA Regions. The maximum award for any cooperative partnership agreement
will be $10,000. Awardees must demonstrate non-financial benefits from a cooperative partnership agreement and must agree to the substantial involvement of RMA in the project. Funding availability for this program may be announced at approximately the same time as funding availability for similar but separate programs–CFDA No. 10.455 (Community Outreach and Assistance Partnerships), CFDA No. 10.456 (Risk Management Research Partnerships), CFDA No. 10.457 (Commodity Partnerships for Risk Management Education), and CFDA No. 10.458 (Crop Insurance Education in Targeted States). Prospective applicants should carefully examine and compare the notices for each program.
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) published a Federal Register Notice today (March 7, 2007) announcing the availabiltiy of Commodity Partnerships for Risk Management Education, also known as the Commodity Partnerships Program, grants.
Announcement Type: Availability of Funds and Request for
Application for Competitive Cooperative Partnership Agreements. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA): 10.457. Dates: Applications are due 5 p.m. EDT, April 23, 2007.
Summary of Announcement: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), operating through the Risk Management Agency (RMA), announces the availability of approximately $5.0 million for Commodity Partnerships for Risk Management Education (the Commodity Partnerships Program). The purpose of this cooperative partnership agreement program is to deliver training and information in the management of production, marketing, and financial risk to U.S. agricultural producers. The program gives priority to educating producers of crops currently not insured under Federal crop insurance, specialty crops, and underserved commodities, including livestock and forage. A maximum of 50 cooperative partnership agreements will be funded, with no more than five in each of the ten designated RMA Regions. The maximum award for any of the 50 cooperative
partnership agreements will be $100,000. Applicants must demonstrate non-financial benefits from a cooperative partnership agreement and must agree to the substantial involvement of RMA in the project.
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture provides crop insurance price discovery calculators. These calculators display price information for crops covered by Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC) and Revenue Assurance (RA). Prices are accumulated and displayed daily during the price discovery periods outlined by the terms of the applicable insurance contracts. Final approved prices are indicated at the conclusion of each discovery period.
House Ag Committee Adopts Budget Letter. The House Committee on Agriculture adopted the “Budget Views and Estimates Letter” which outlines the Committee’s budget recommendations for the federal agencies and programs under its jurisdiction, outlining the funding issues at the forefront of the upcoming Farm Bill reauthorization. The letter will be submitted to Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt (D-SC) pursuant to section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and House Rule X, clause 4(f).
“Our action today represents an early step on our road to the development of the 2007 Farm Bill,” Chairman Collin Peterson said. “Because the budget resolution will, in effect, determine the amount of funding we will have to write the farm bill, its shape and form will have a crucial impact on our work. Our proposed views and estimates letter sends these messages: the 2002 Farm Bill is fiscally responsible. It is popular in farm country. And it is serving to enhance the well-being of our farmers, ranchers, needy citizens, and consumers.”
“We urge the Budget Committee to carefully consider the budget views and estimates letter we are submitting and not solely base their decision on projected baselines. We’re asking that they not turn their backs on America’s farmers and ranchers and provide the Agriculture Committee with the funds needed to address the wide variety of issues facing Rural America,” said Ranking Member Bob Goodlatte (R-VA.
This year’s Farm Bill debate will include new proposals that will require additional resources from the Budget Committee, including a strong energy title, essential to facilitate investments in the expanding agriculturally-based renewable energy market, including ethanol and biodiesel. The letter also states that the committee likely will consider proposals that may affect budget allocations in the areas of specialty crops, conservation, food stamps and the Milk Income Loss Contract program.
A copy of the budget and estimates letter is available on the committee website at http://agriculture.house.gov/inside/publications.html.
