Farm Service Agency Farm Programs Overview June 2018 Introduction: Amy Mitchell, LIP Program Manager Sean O’Neill, Assistant to DAFP Kelly Breinig, Assistant to Program Managers in PECD Steve Peterson, Director of PECD
Introduction and Remarks Sean O’Neill, Assistant to DAFP Thank You! FSA is “vital” to our producers and customers Last year FSA issued more than $9.6 billion in payments Challenges Accomplishments Bipartisan Budget Act Changes Farm Bill
DAFP Organizational Structure Bradley Karmen, Acting DAFP Judith Lindsay, Admin. And Program Support Specialist Bradley Karmen, Assistant DAFP Sean O’Neill, Assistant to DAFP Jewel Phauls, Correspondence Program Analyst Janice Niven, Correspondence Policy Analyst Three Divisions, CEPD, PECD, and PSD, and Oversees APFO
DAFP Divisions CEPD, Misty Jones, Director; Martin Bomar Deputy Director PECD, Lisa Berry Acting Director; Dan McGlynn, Deputy Director PSD, Danielle Cooke, Acting Director; George Stickels, Acting Deputy Director
DAFP Program Inventory - CEPD Biofuels Infrastructure Partnership BIP Biomass Crop Assistance Program BCAP Conservation Reserve Program - Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program CRP-CREP Conservation Reserve Program - Continuous Signup CRP-Continuous Conservation Reserve Program - Farmable Wetlands Program CRP-FWP Conservation Reserve Program - General Signup CRP-General Signup Conservation Reserve Program - Grasslands Program CRP-Grasslands Conservation Reserve Program - Transition Incentives Program CRP-TIP Emergency Conservation Program ECP Emergency Forest Restoration Program EFRP Grassroots Source Water Protection Program GSWPP
DAFP Program Inventory - PECD Agriculture Risk Coverage / Price Loss Coverage Program ARC/PLC Emergency Assistance Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish Program ELAP Livestock Forage Disaster Program LFP Livestock Indemnity Program LIP Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program NAP Tree Assistance Program TAP Secretarial Disaster Designation Common: Software, Acreage Reports; Names/Addresses/Tx Ids; AGI, Conservation Compliance
DAFP Common Environmental Compliance EC Geographic Information System GIS Systematic Tracking for Optimal Risk Management STORM Acreage Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative ACRSI
DAFP Data Acreage Reporting CARS Eligibility Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Conservation Compliance Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) Wetland Conservation (WC) Business File
DAFP Data (Continued) Combined Producers Payment Limitations (PL) Recording County Subsidiary Name and Address/Business Partner (BP) Farm Records (FR) Organizational Model Product Master MIDAS CRM Enterprise Data Warehouse EDW
DAFP Payments/Loans by State - 2017 See Table 1, FY 2017 on your handout, page 8.
DAFP Payments/Loans by Program - 2017 See Table 2, FY 2017 on your handout, page 9.
Challenges Responding quickly to emergencies and disasters Maintaining integrity and accuracy in program policy and delivery Effectively developing policy and software to implement existing and new program initiatives in order to facilitate best delivery and customer satisfaction Listening to customers, stakeholders, and YOU!
Accomplishments (Examples) PR Dairy Bipartisan Budget Act Changes Implementation Internal Control Task Force and Participation Expansion of training opportunities
Bipartisan Budget Act Changes See pages 10-12 of your packet which is found at: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/USDA-FSA- Public/usdafiles/FactSheets/2018/bipartisan_budget_act_ fact_sheet_may_2018b.pdf
AGI Certification and Compliance Activities See pages 13 and 14 of your packet.
Farm Bill – Ongoing Work
Farm Bill – Analysis See pages 15 – 20 (example of summary changes sent to FSA for analysis and comment) See pages 21 and 22 – FSA analysis example
Questions and Thank You Again!