{"description":"Documents matching 'commodities acres producers losses payment'","count":542,"total_pages":28,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=commodities+acres+producers+losses+payment&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA); Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is issuing this notice announcing the funding for ECAP, which will provide economic assistance payments to eligible producers of eligible commodities for the 2024 crop year. ECAP is a new FSA program authorized by the American Relief Act, 2025. This notice also announces the eligibility (commodities, acres, producers, and losses), payment calculations, payment limitations, and how to apply (pre-filled application and any required adjustments) for ECAP.","document_number":"2025-04604","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/19/2025-04604/notice-of-funds-availability-nofa-emergency-commodity-assistance-program-ecap","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-19/pdf/2025-04604.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04604.pdf?1742301929","publication_date":"2025-03-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Farm Service Agency","name":"Farm Service Agency","id":157,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/farm-service-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/157","parent_id":12,"slug":"farm-service-agency"}],"excerpts":"corn: \n Economic <span class=\"match\">Loss</span> <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Rate for Corn (greater than 0 given economic <span class=\"match\">loss</span>) = |(a * b)−c| * 26% = $165.04 * 0.26 = $42.91/<span class=\"match\">acre</span> \n Next, as required for the comparison, we calculated the minimum <span class=\"match\">payment</span> rate: \n Minimum <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Rate = (d * 8%) * e = ($3.70 * 8%) * 140.76 = $41.66 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> \n Given that the economic <span class=\"match\">loss</span> <span class=\"match\">payment</span> rate is greater than the minimum <span class=\"match\">payment</span> rate, the <span class=\"match\">payment</span> rate for corn is equal to $42.91 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span>. The <span class=\"match\">payment</span> per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> is applied to all eligible <span class=\"match\">acres</span>. \n For <span class=\"match\">commodities</span> for which the Secretary determines there is insufficient"},{"title":"Agricultural Disaster Indemnity Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is issuing this rule to provide assistance for eligible quality losses under Stage 1 of the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) and to implement Stage 2 of SDRP, the On-Farm Stored Commodity Loss Program (OFSCLP), and the Milk Loss Program (MLP), all of which will provide assistance using funding authorized by the American Relief Act, 2025. SDRP provides payments to eligible producers for losses of crops, trees, bushes, and vines due to qualifying disaster events that occurred in calendar year 2023 or 2024. SDRP Stage 1 uses a streamlined process for eligible crop, tree, and vine losses that were previously indemnified under Federal crop insurance or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP), while SDRP Stage 2 covers losses of eligible crops, trees, bushes, and vines for which a producer did not have crop insurance or NAP coverage, as well as losses that were insured or covered by NAP but not severe enough to trigger an indemnity. OFSCLP provides payments to eligible producers who suffered uncompensated losses of harvested commodities stored in on-farm structures as a result of wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze, including a polar vortex, smoke exposure, qualifying drought, and related conditions that occurred in calendar year 2023 or 2024. MLP provides payments to eligible dairy operations for milk that was dumped or removed without compensation from the commercial milk market due to wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze (including a polar vortex), smoke exposure, excessive moisture, qualifying drought, and related conditions that occurred in calendar year 2023 or 2024. This rule specifies the administrative provisions, eligibility requirements, and payment calculations for these programs. It also announces deadlines and adds quality loss assistance provisions for SDRP Stage 1. This rule also extends the deadlines for the Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) 2023 and 2024 and ELRP 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire (FW).","document_number":"2025-20132","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/18/2025-20132/agricultural-disaster-indemnity-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-18/pdf/2025-20132.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20132.pdf?1763387130","publication_date":"2025-11-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Farm Service Agency","name":"Farm Service Agency","id":157,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/farm-service-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/157","parent_id":12,"slug":"farm-service-agency"}],"excerpts":"\n I. Background \n II. SDRP \n A. Stage 1 Quality <span class=\"match\">Loss</span> <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Eligibility \n B. Stage 1 Quality <span class=\"match\">Loss</span> <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Calculation \n C. Stage 2 Eligible and Ineligible <span class=\"match\">Losses</span> \n D. Stage 2 Eligible Crops \n E. Stage 2 Eligible <span class=\"match\">Acres</span> \n F. Eligible Production \n G. Stage 2 <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Calculations \n 1. Insured and NAP-covered Crops \n 2. Uninsured Crops \n 3. Trees, Bushes, and Vines \n H. How To Apply \n III. OFSCLP \n A. Eligible <span class=\"match\">Commodities</span> \n B. Eligible <span class=\"match\">Producers</span> \n C. How To Apply \n D. <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Calculation \n E. <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Limitation \n F. Miscellaneous Changes \n IV. MLP "},{"title":"Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this rule to provide $11 billion in one-time bridge payments to American farmers in response to temporary trade market disruptions and increased production costs. Payments under the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program are intended in part to aid producers until assistance from provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), notably increases in reference prices to major covered commodities, reach eligible famers after October 1, 2026.","document_number":"2026-03456","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/23/2026-03456/farmer-bridge-assistance-fba-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-23/pdf/2026-03456.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03456.pdf?1771595111","publication_date":"2026-02-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","id":76,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-credit-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/76","parent_id":12,"slug":"commodity-credit-corporation"}],"excerpts":"Wetland Conservation (WC) Certification, for the <span class=\"match\">producer</span> and affiliated persons, as specified in 7 CFR 12.8. \n \n \n § 1414.7 \n \n (a) <span class=\"match\">Payments</span> will be determined by multiplying the eligible <span class=\"match\">acres</span> of an eligible <span class=\"match\">commodity</span> by the <span class=\"match\">payment</span> rate for such <span class=\"match\">commodity</span>. <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> rates are specified in paragraph (b) of this section. \n (b) The FBA Program <span class=\"match\">payment</span> rates are specified in the following table. \n \n \n Table 1 to Paragraph (\n b \n )—FBA Program <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Rates\n \n \n Eligible <span class=\"match\">commodity</span> \n \n <span class=\"match\">Payment</span>\n rate \n per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> \n \n \n \n Barley \n $20.51 \n \n \n Canola \n 23.57"},{"title":"Changes to Agriculture Risk Coverage, Price Loss Coverage, and Dairy Margin Coverage Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule revises the provisions of the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), and Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) programs to conform with provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). OBBBA authorized modifications to the 2025 crop year ARC and PLC programs and the continuation of the ARC and PLC programs for the 2026 through 2031 crop years. The modified provisions are related to the reference prices, the effective reference prices, base acres, program elections, and payment provisions. OBBBA also authorized DMC for calendar years 2026 through 2031, providing participating dairy operations with the ability to establish a new production history. In addition, the Tier 1 coverage level was increased by 1 million pounds of milk to a 6-million-pound limit and eligibility for multi-year (lock-in) contracts was maintained until December 30, 2031. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is also making minor administrative changes and updates to the ARC, PLC, and DMC regulations and the regulations that apply to multiple FSA programs.","document_number":"2026-00313","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/12/2026-00313/changes-to-agriculture-risk-coverage-price-loss-coverage-and-dairy-margin-coverage-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-12/pdf/2026-00313.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00313.pdf?1767966310","publication_date":"2026-01-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Farm Service Agency","name":"Farm Service Agency","id":157,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/farm-service-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/157","parent_id":12,"slug":"farm-service-agency"},{"raw_name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","id":76,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-credit-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/76","parent_id":12,"slug":"commodity-credit-corporation"}],"excerpts":"covered <span class=\"match\">commodity</span> base <span class=\"match\">acres</span> for a <span class=\"match\">commodity</span> will be “<span class=\"match\">payment</span> <span class=\"match\">acres</span>” that are used to calculate <span class=\"match\">payments</span>; for ARC-IC, 65 percent of all covered <span class=\"match\">commodity</span> base <span class=\"match\">acres</span> on the farm will be “<span class=\"match\">payment</span> <span class=\"match\">acres</span>.” On a covered-<span class=\"match\">commodity</span>-by-covered-<span class=\"match\">commodity</span> basis, the farm's <span class=\"match\">producers</span> with an interest in base <span class=\"match\">acres</span>, at the time of the crop year 2026 election, can elect ARC-CO, PLC, or a combination of ARC-CO and PLC for a farm. In other words, they can elect ARC-CO for some covered <span class=\"match\">commodities</span> and PLC for others. However, if the farm's current <span class=\"match\">producers</span> with an"},{"title":"Supplemental Disaster Relief Program and Dairy Margin Coverage Program; Correction","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Commodity Credit Corporation and Farm Service Agency (FSA) are making technical corrections to the regulations for the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) and the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) Program. The changes for SDRP correct the Stage 2 eligibility provisions for producers of sugar beets and some producers who had Federal crop insurance coverage under a Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage policy; the provisions related to calculation of the quality loss percentage for Stage 1 and Stage 2; and paragraph references and the order of steps for some Stage 2 payment calculations. The correction for DMC addresses eligibility of dairy operations that have stopped producing and marketing milk before or during the annual coverage election period.","document_number":"2026-04531","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/09/2026-04531/supplemental-disaster-relief-program-and-dairy-margin-coverage-program-correction","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-09/pdf/2026-04531.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04531.pdf?1772804710","publication_date":"2026-03-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Farm Service Agency","name":"Farm Service Agency","id":157,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/farm-service-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/157","parent_id":12,"slug":"farm-service-agency"},{"raw_name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","id":76,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-credit-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/76","parent_id":12,"slug":"commodity-credit-corporation"}],"excerpts":"illustrate how this calculation applies to a specific <span class=\"match\">producer's</span> <span class=\"match\">loss</span>, suppose a <span class=\"match\">producer</span> had 100 <span class=\"match\">acres</span> of soybeans that were insured under an APH plan with a 65 percent coverage level with a price election of 100 percent. The <span class=\"match\">producer's</span> yield is 55 bushels per <span class=\"match\">acre</span>, their production was 2,550 bushels, and they had a quality <span class=\"match\">loss</span> of 3 percent (calculated as explained above for Stage 1 quality <span class=\"match\">losses</span>). The SDRP liability provided by RMA is $48,269.30, which is the crop's expected value based on the <span class=\"match\">producer's</span> crop insurance plan multiplied by the SDRP factor"},{"title":"Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this rule to provide assistance to producers of eligible specialty crops through the Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program. These one-time bridge payments will help address elevated input costs incurred by producers and market disruptions stemming from foreign competitors engaging in unfair trade practices that impede specialty crop exports.","document_number":"2026-10930","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/01/2026-10930/assistance-for-specialty-crop-farmers-ascf-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-01/pdf/2026-10930.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10930.pdf?1780058730","publication_date":"2026-06-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","id":76,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-credit-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/76","parent_id":12,"slug":"commodity-credit-corporation"}],"excerpts":"below. The first <span class=\"match\">payment</span> group, Tier 1, has a <span class=\"match\">payment</span> rate of $650 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> and includes eligible specialty crops with an average annual revenue in excess of $10,000 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span>. The second <span class=\"match\">payment</span> group, Tier 2, has a <span class=\"match\">payment</span> rate of $225 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> and includes eligible specialty crops with an average annual revenue in excess of $2,300 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> and up to $10,000 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span>. The third <span class=\"match\">payment</span> group, Tier 3, \n \n has a <span class=\"match\">payment</span> rate of $65 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> and includes eligible specialty crops with an average annual revenue of up to $2,300 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span>.\n \n \n \n 3 \n  USDA"},{"title":"Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar Provisions","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule revises the regulations of the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP), the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), the Tree Assistance Program (TAP), the Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) Programs, and the Sugar Program to conform with provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Changes to the supplemental disaster assistance programs include ELAP assistance for losses due to bird depredation and a change to honeybee colony loss normal mortality; a lower drought threshold for LFP eligibility; LIP assistance for unborn death losses and changes to compensation for predation losses and the market values used in the LIP payment calculations; and changes to the TAP eligibility threshold and reimbursement percentage for certain costs. This rule increases the MAL and LDP loan rates for all eligible commodities for the 2026 through 2031 crop years as specified by OBBBA. Additional MAL and LDP changes for upland and extra-long staple (ELS) cotton required by OBBBA include revised formulas to calculate the prevailing world market price for upland cotton, the introduction of a prevailing world market price and adjusted world price for ELS cotton, and changes to the payment of cotton storage costs by area. Additionally, FSA is amending regulations to add provisions for a 30- day post-repayment loan review in which a refund for upland cotton repayment or an additional LDP disbursement could occur. Sugar Program changes are related to effective loan rates, storage rates, and sugar marketing allocation provisions. This rule also makes minor administrative changes to the Sugar Program regulations. Technical amendments are included for grains and similarly handled commodities, and honey. This rule also makes additional changes to the regulations for those programs to update eligibility and payment provisions, clarify program requirements, and improve program integrity. This rule also updates the Feedstock Flexibility Program (FFP) provisions to indicate that 2026 is the final crop year covered by the program, and makes corrections to the regulations for the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Programs and Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) Program.","document_number":"2026-13878","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/09/2026-13878/supplemental-disaster-assistance-programs-marketing-assistance-loans-and-sugar-provisions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-09/pdf/2026-13878.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13878.pdf?1783514715","publication_date":"2026-07-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","id":76,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-credit-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/76","parent_id":12,"slug":"commodity-credit-corporation"}],"excerpts":"with disease <span class=\"match\">loss</span> from bird depredation. A <span class=\"match\">producer</span> may earn only $600 per eligible <span class=\"match\">acre</span> for each program year; repeated bird depredation events during a year will not result in multiple <span class=\"match\">payments</span> for the same <span class=\"match\">acres</span>. The <span class=\"match\">payment</span> rate is applicable for all eligible farm-raised fish. \n \n In accordance with section 10401(c) of OBBBA, <span class=\"match\">payments</span> for eligible <span class=\"match\">losses</span> due to bird depredation will be equal to the applicable <span class=\"match\">payment</span> rate described above, multiplied by 85 percent of the total number of <span class=\"match\">acres</span> of farm-raised fish farms that the <span class=\"match\">producer</span> has in production"},{"title":"Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) 2023 and 2024","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Agriculture is issuing this rule to implement the Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) 2023 and 2024, which provides payments to eligible livestock producers for losses due to qualifying drought and qualifying wildfire occurring in calendar years 2023 and 2024. This rule specifies the administrative provisions, eligibility requirements, and payment calculation for ELRP 2023 and 2024. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) will calculate payments using data already submitted to FSA by Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) participants; therefore, producers are not required to file an additional application to receive ELRP 2023 and 2024 payments.","document_number":"2025-09581","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/29/2025-09581/emergency-livestock-relief-program-elrp-2023-and-2024","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-29/pdf/2025-09581.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09581.pdf?1748436311","publication_date":"2025-05-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Farm Service Agency","name":"Farm Service Agency","id":157,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/farm-service-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/157","parent_id":12,"slug":"farm-service-agency"}],"excerpts":"the livestock industry and mitigate economic <span class=\"match\">losses</span>. \n ELRP 2023 and 2024 compensates livestock <span class=\"match\">producers</span> for foregone profits due to drought and wildfire in 2023 and 2024. <span class=\"match\">Producers</span> may receive <span class=\"match\">payments</span> for <span class=\"match\">losses</span> in 2023, 2024, or both years. To provide a simple process that results in quick <span class=\"match\">payments</span> to <span class=\"match\">producers</span>, ELRP 2023 and 2024 <span class=\"match\">payments</span> are based on 2023 and 2024 LFP <span class=\"match\">payments</span>; hence, no additional application process is required. \n Factors are applied to keep ELRP <span class=\"match\">payments</span> for eligible <span class=\"match\">producers</span> at about $1.0 billion in total for 2023 and"},{"title":"Emergency Livestock Relief Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is issuing this rule to implement the Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire (FW), which provides payments to eligible livestock producers for losses as a result of increased supplemental feed costs due to a qualifying flood or qualifying wildfire (excluding wildfires on federally managed land) in calendar years 2023 and 2024. This rule specifies the administrative provisions, eligibility requirements, and payment calculations for ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW. This rule also amends the regulation for ELRP 2023 and 2024, which provides assistance for qualifying drought and qualifying wildfire on federally managed land, to specify that it has a combined payment limitation with ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW and to provide program deadlines.","document_number":"2025-17742","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/15/2025-17742/emergency-livestock-relief-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-15/pdf/2025-17742.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17742.pdf?1757681111","publication_date":"2025-09-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Farm Service Agency","name":"Farm Service Agency","id":157,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/farm-service-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/157","parent_id":12,"slug":"farm-service-agency"}],"excerpts":"2024 FW <span class=\"match\">payment</span> calculation for this eligible livestock <span class=\"match\">producer</span>, before application of a <span class=\"match\">payment</span> factor, if applicable: \n \n Table 3—Gross ELRP 2024 FW (Flood) <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Calculation Example \n \n Livestock kind, type, and weight of livestock \n \n Number of livestock in\n inventory on the beginning \n date of disaster event \n \n \n ×\n ELRP 2024 FW \n (flood) <span class=\"match\">payment</span> rate \n \n \n =\n Gross ELRP 2024 FW \n <span class=\"match\">payment</span> before <span class=\"match\">payment</span> \n Factor, as applicable \n \n \n \n Beef Cattle, Adult Cows and Bulls \n 250 \n $94.62 \n $23,655.00 \n \n \n FSA will not issue <span class=\"match\">payments</span> at the beginning"},{"title":"Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) Stage 1","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is issuing this final rule announcing SDRP, which provides assistance to eligible producers for losses to crops, trees, bushes, and vines due to wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze (including a polar vortex), smoke exposure, excessive moisture, qualifying drought, and related conditions occurring in calendar years 2023 and 2024. SDRP assistance will be provided in two stages, referred to as Stage 1 and Stage 2. This document provides the eligibility requirements, application process, and payment calculations for SDRP Stage 1 only, which will provide payments for eligible crop, tree, and vine losses calculated using data already on file with USDA from previously issued Federal crop insurance indemnities and Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) payments. FSA anticipates announcing SDRP Stage 2 in a later rule.","document_number":"2025-12803","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/10/2025-12803/supplemental-disaster-relief-program-sdrp-stage-1","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-10/pdf/2025-12803.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12803.pdf?1752065111","publication_date":"2025-07-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Farm Service Agency","name":"Farm Service Agency","id":157,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/farm-service-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/157","parent_id":12,"slug":"farm-service-agency"}],"excerpts":"providing duplicate benefits for <span class=\"match\">losses</span> already at least partially compensated for by ELAP. For example, if a <span class=\"match\">producer</span> received both a NAP <span class=\"match\">payment</span> and an ELAP <span class=\"match\">payment</span> for a <span class=\"match\">loss</span> of farm-raised fish for the 2024 crop year, the <span class=\"match\">producer</span> will be ineligible to receive an SDRP Stage 1 <span class=\"match\">payment</span> for that <span class=\"match\">loss</span> of farm-raised fish. ELAP <span class=\"match\">payments</span> for <span class=\"match\">losses</span> that were not covered by NAP (for example, <span class=\"match\">losses</span> due to the cost of transporting water or feed to livestock, and milk <span class=\"match\">losses</span> due to H5N1 infection) do not affect a <span class=\"match\">producer's</span> SDRP eligibility.\n \n \n \n 11 \n"},{"title":"Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel Feedstocks","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises technical guidelines for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the carbon intensity of agricultural commodity crops used in the production of biofuels relative to an estimated national average that were established by a prior January 2025 interim rule. Specifically, the January 2025 interim rule established guidelines for the implementation, reporting, verification, and quantification of carbon intensity (CI) of certain agricultural commodities at the field-scale. This final rule makes revisions to the January 2025 interim rule that were requested by commenters or that are otherwise necessary because of intervening Executive action. The revised guidelines articulate an approach for farm producers to quantify the change in net emissions associated with crops produced using one or more authorized practices. The revised guidelines also articulate a framework for how information regarding emissions, resulting from the production of biofuel feedstock commodity crops, could be reported and tracked throughout the supply chain.","document_number":"2026-13092","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/29/2026-13092/technical-guidelines-for-the-production-of-regenerative-agricultural-biofuel-feedstocks","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-29/pdf/2026-13092.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13092.pdf?1782477921","publication_date":"2026-06-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of Energy and Environmental Policy","name":"Energy and Environmental Policy Office","id":620,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-and-environmental-policy-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/620","parent_id":12,"slug":"energy-and-environmental-policy-office"}],"excerpts":"penalize U.S. <span class=\"match\">producers</span> for the implied activities of foreign competitors.\n \n \n Response: \n The attribution and estimation of land-use emissions from crop-based biofuels are determined using separate methodologies than USDA FD-CIC. No change is being made to the regulation in response to this issue.\n \n Equitable Access for <span class=\"match\">Producers</span> \n \n Comment: \n USDA received comment asserting that this rule does not treat all <span class=\"match\">producers</span> equally. Commenters wrote that this rule will disproportionally benefit large <span class=\"match\">producers</span> and is unfair to <span class=\"match\">producers</span> who cannot sell"},{"title":"Office of The Secretary; Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) gives notice that it proposes to modify an existing system of records notice titled Farm Records File (Automated) USDA/FSA-2, which currently includes information for certain Farm Service Agency (FSA) Farm Programs and records about the majority of agricultural producers in the United States. USDA is modifying the system to add new purposes, new categories of covered individuals, new categories of records and record sources, a new system location, and four new routine uses, all related to USDA activities under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA).","document_number":"2026-11227","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/04/2026-11227/office-of-the-secretary-privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-04/pdf/2026-11227.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11227.pdf?1780490725","publication_date":"2026-06-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Farm Service Agency","name":"Farm Service Agency","id":157,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/farm-service-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/157","parent_id":12,"slug":"farm-service-agency"},{"raw_name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","name":"Commodity Credit Corporation","id":76,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-credit-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/76","parent_id":12,"slug":"commodity-credit-corporation"}],"excerpts":"as amended, and <span class=\"match\">payment</span> information for farm and related programs including information of indirect benefits from <span class=\"match\">payments</span> as indicated by shares of each individual or entity that receive <span class=\"match\">payments</span> or that themselves are \n \n considered to have an indirect interest in <span class=\"match\">payments</span>.\n \n Q. To State Foresters, the names and correspondence addresses of <span class=\"match\">producers</span> and crop-specific data regarding their operations with respect to forestry conservation practices. \n R. To <span class=\"match\">commodity</span> buyers, the name and correspondence address of <span class=\"match\">commodity</span> <span class=\"match\">producers</span> for purposes related"},{"title":"Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan; Increased Assessment Rate","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule implements a recommendation from the National Watermelon Promotion Board to increase the assessment rate from six cents per hundredweight to nine cents per hundredweight. Domestic watermelon producers of 10 acres or more and domestic first handlers of watermelons will each pay four and a half cents per hundredweight, and importers of 150,000 pounds or more annually of watermelons will pay nine cents per hundredweight. This final rule also amends current regulatory language to correct non-substantive and typographical errors.","document_number":"2024-30268","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/23/2024-30268/watermelon-research-and-promotion-plan-increased-assessment-rate","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-23/pdf/2024-30268.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30268.pdf?1734702322","publication_date":"2024-12-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","id":9,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agricultural-marketing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/9","parent_id":12,"slug":"agricultural-marketing-service"}],"excerpts":"1235 million divided by $0.0003 per pound). Dividing the total pounds assessed quantity by 429 <span class=\"match\">producers</span> yields an average assessed pounds per <span class=\"match\">producer</span> estimate of 8.73 million. Multiplying the annual assessed pounds per <span class=\"match\">producer</span> estimate of 8.73 million pounds by the 2023 NASS season average <span class=\"match\">producer</span> price per pound of $0.214 yields an average annual watermelon sales receipts per <span class=\"match\">producer</span> estimate of $1.87 million. This is well below the SBA small <span class=\"match\">producer</span> size threshold of $3.75 million.\n \n With an equal proportion of annual domestic assessments"},{"title":"Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is amending its regulations to implement changes required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and to update, streamline, and clarify several crop insurance policies. The changes include clarifying the harvest price methodology, deregulating regionalized program dates and moving that information to the Special Provisions, removing regulatory barriers to direct marketing, incorporating quality adjustment and claims processes, updating FCIC contact information used to request interpretations of policy, and making plain language clarifications and corrections to Subpart X--Interpretations of Statutory Provisions, Policy Provisions, and Procedures; the Area Risk Protection Insurance, Basic Provisions; the Common Crop Insurance Policy, Basic Provisions; and several Crop Provisions. In addition, the changes include removing buy-up coverage for prevented planting in the crop insurance program. The changes will be effective for the 2026 and succeeding crop years for crops with a contract change date on or after November 30, 2025. For all other crops, the changes to the policies made in this rule are applicable for the 2027 and succeeding crop years.","document_number":"2025-21482","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21482/expanding-access-to-risk-protection-earp","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21482.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21482.pdf?1764164732","publication_date":"2025-11-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Crop Insurance Corporation","name":"Federal Crop Insurance Corporation","id":163,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-crop-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/163","parent_id":12,"slug":"federal-crop-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":"as follows: \n 1. 30 <span class=\"match\">acres</span> × $100 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> = $3,000 amount of insurance for type A; 20 <span class=\"match\">acres</span> × $90 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> = $1,800 amount of insurance for type B; \n 2. 10 <span class=\"match\">acres</span> with 75% of an adequate stand or greater × $100 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> = $1,000 for type A; 10 <span class=\"match\">acres</span> with 75% of an adequate stand or greater × $90 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> = $900 for type B; \n 3. 20 <span class=\"match\">acres</span> with less than 75% but greater than 55% of an adequate stand × $100 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> × 50 percent = $1,000 for type A; 0 <span class=\"match\">acres</span> with less than 75% but greater than 55% of an adequate stand × $90 per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> × 50 percent = $0 for"},{"title":"Notice of Funds Availability; Emergency Relief Program 2022 (ERP 2022)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is issuing this notice announcing ERP 2022, which will provide payments to eligible crop producers for losses due to qualifying disaster events including wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze (including a polar vortex), smoke exposure, excessive moisture, qualifying drought, and related conditions that occurred in calendar year 2022. ERP 2022 will be administered through 2 tracks (referred to as Track 1 and Track 2). Track 1 will assist eligible crop producers who received indemnities for eligible crop or tree losses through certain Federal crop insurance policies or payments for crop losses through the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP). Track 2 will assist eligible crop producers for other eligible crop and tree losses through a revenue-based approach.","document_number":"2023-24009","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/31/2023-24009/notice-of-funds-availability-emergency-relief-program-2022-erp-2022","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-31/pdf/2023-24009.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24009.pdf?1698670035","publication_date":"2023-10-31","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Farm Service Agency","name":"Farm Service Agency","id":157,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/farm-service-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/157","parent_id":12,"slug":"farm-service-agency"}],"excerpts":"NAP, the Track 1 <span class=\"match\">payment</span> will be based on the <span class=\"match\">producer's</span> <span class=\"match\">loss</span> as long as those <span class=\"match\">losses</span> were caused, in whole or in part, by a qualifying disaster event.\n \n \n Track 1 excludes <span class=\"match\">losses</span> to aquacultural species for which the <span class=\"match\">producer</span> received a <span class=\"match\">payment</span> under ELAP to avoid providing duplicate benefits for <span class=\"match\">losses</span> already at least partially compensated for by ELAP. It also excludes <span class=\"match\">losses</span> for which the <span class=\"match\">producer</span> received a Phase 1 <span class=\"match\">payment</span> under the previous ERP.\n 10 \n \n \n \n \n 10 \n  The previous ERP provided assistance for eligible crop <span class=\"match\">losses</span> due to qualifying"},{"title":"Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan; Increased Assessment Rate","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rulemaking would implement a recommendation from the National Watermelon Promotion Board to increase the assessment rate from six cents per hundredweight to nine cents per hundredweight. Domestic watermelon producers of 10 acres or more and domestic first handlers of watermelons would each pay four and a half cents per hundredweight, and importers of 150,000 pounds or more annually of watermelons would pay nine cents per hundredweight. This proposed rulemaking would also amend current regulatory language to correct non- substantive and typographical errors.","document_number":"2024-14937","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/09/2024-14937/watermelon-research-and-promotion-plan-increased-assessment-rate","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-09/pdf/2024-14937.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-14937.pdf?1720442719","publication_date":"2024-07-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","id":9,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agricultural-marketing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/9","parent_id":12,"slug":"agricultural-marketing-service"}],"excerpts":"million divided by $0.0003 per pound). Dividing the total pounds assessed quantity by 429 <span class=\"match\">producers</span> yields an average assessed pounds per <span class=\"match\">producer</span> estimate of 8.73 million. \n \n Multiplying the annual assessed pounds per <span class=\"match\">producer</span> estimate of 8.73 million pounds by the 2023 NASS season average <span class=\"match\">producer</span> price per pound of $0.214 yields an average annual watermelon sales receipts per <span class=\"match\">producer</span> estimate of $1.87 million. This is well below the SBA small <span class=\"match\">producer</span> size threshold of $3.75 million.\n \n With an equal proportion of annual domestic assessments"},{"title":"Expanding Options for Specialty and Organic Growers (EOSOG)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is amending its regulations to expand the availability of enterprise and optional units. FCIC is also clarifying double cropping requirements when another plan of insurance does not require records of acreage and production. FCIC is removing burdensome written agreement requirements and setting new yield guarantee limits for new breaking acreage. In this rule, FCIC is providing flexibility and clarifying rules regarding assignment of indemnity and streamlining and shortening good farming practice determinations. FCIC is also clarifying the timing and method of yield reductions for several perennial crops, and allowing sunburn damaged walnuts to be eligible for indemnity payments through quality adjustment. The changes to the crop insurance policies resulting from the amendments in this rule are applicable for the 2025 and succeeding crop years for crops with a contract change date on or after June 30, 2024. For all other crops, the changes to the policies made in this rule are applicable for the 2026 and succeeding crop years.","document_number":"2024-13198","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/27/2024-13198/expanding-options-for-specialty-and-organic-growers-eosog","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-27/pdf/2024-13198.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-13198.pdf?1719405925","publication_date":"2024-06-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Crop Insurance Corporation","name":"Federal Crop Insurance Corporation","id":163,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-crop-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/163","parent_id":12,"slug":"federal-crop-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":"of insurance per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> equals the approved average revenue multiplied by the coverage level percent ($669 × 0.65 = $435). \n \n Assume pecan trees in the unit experienced damage to blooms due to a late freeze causing low production. You produced, harvested, and sold 300 pounds per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> of pecans from 70 <span class=\"match\">acres</span> and received an actual price of $0.75 per pound. On the other 30 <span class=\"match\">acres</span>, the pecans suffered damage due to drought. You elected not to harvest the other 30 <span class=\"match\">acres</span> of pecans. The 30 <span class=\"match\">acres</span> were \n \n appraised at 100 pounds per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> and on the day of"},{"title":"Flax Revenue and Expanded Unit Options for Crop Insurance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is amending its regulations to allow revenue coverage for flax under the Small Grain Crop Insurance Provisions, to combine written agreement deadlines in the Dry Bean Crop Insurance Provisions to match other insurance policies, to expand the availability of enterprise and optional units for some specialty and perennial crops, and to make clarifications and corrections to the Area Risk Protection Insurance, Basic Provisions; Common Crop Insurance Policy, Basic Provisions; and several Crop Provisions. The changes will be effective for the 2025 and succeeding crop years for crops with a contract change date on or after November 30, 2024. For all other crops, the changes to the policies made in this rule are applicable for the 2026 and succeeding crop years.","document_number":"2024-27225","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/27/2024-27225/flax-revenue-and-expanded-unit-options-for-crop-insurance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-27/pdf/2024-27225.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27225.pdf?1732646354","publication_date":"2024-11-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Crop Insurance Corporation","name":"Federal Crop Insurance Corporation","id":163,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-crop-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/163","parent_id":12,"slug":"federal-crop-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":"4,000 pounds per <span class=\"match\">acre</span> and a price election of $0.15 per pound. You are only able to harvest 200,000 pounds. Your indemnity would be calculated as follows: \n (1) 100 <span class=\"match\">acres</span> × 4,000 pounds = 400,000 pounds guarantee; \n (2) 400,000 pounds × $0.15 price election = $60,000.00 value of guarantee; \n (3) Not applicable; \n (4) 200,000 pounds × $0.15 price election = $30,000.00 value of production to count; \n (5) Not applicable; \n (6) $60,000.00−$30,000.00 = $30,000.00 <span class=\"match\">loss</span>; and \n (7) $30,000.00 × 100 percent = $30,000.00 indemnity <span class=\"match\">payment</span>. \n You also have"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2025 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. Also, this final rule updates the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, and Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. We also summarize information received in response to a Request for Information on potential modifications to the Safety of Care measure group in the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating methodology. In this final rule, we are also finalizing our proposal to narrow the description of \"custody\" in the Medicare payment exclusion rule and to revise the special enrollment period criteria for formerly incarcerated individuals. We are also finalizing our Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) continuous eligibility provisions. We are also finalizing the proposal to reduce the review timeframe for standard prior authorization requests for certain covered outpatient department services paid under the OPPS from 10-business days to 7-calendar days. Further, this rule finalizes updates to the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) in an effort to advance the health and safety of pregnant, birthing, and postpartum women. This rule also finalizes our proposed policy to separately pay Indian Health Service (IHS) and Tribal hospitals for high-cost drugs furnished in hospital outpatient departments through an add-on payment in addition to the all-inclusive rate (AIR) under the authorities used to calculate the AIR starting January 1, 2025. Finally, we are finalizing exceptions to the Medicaid clinic services four walls requirement for IHS and Tribal clinics, and, at state option, for behavioral health clinics and clinics located in rural areas.","document_number":"2024-25521","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/27/2024-25521/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-27/pdf/2024-25521.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25521.pdf?1730492130","publication_date":"2024-11-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"\n XI. CY 2025 OPPS <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Status and Comment Indicators \n A. CY 2025 OPPS <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Status Indicator Definitions \n B. CY 2025 Comment Indicator Definitions \n XII. MedPAC Recommendations \n A. OPPS <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Rates Update \n B. Medicare Safety Net Index \n C. ASC Cost Data \n XIII. Updates to the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> System \n A. Background, Legislative History, Statutory Authority, and Prior Rulemaking for the ASC <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> System \n B. ASC Treatment of New and Revised Codes \n C. <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Policies Under the ASC <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> System \n D. Additions"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2025 based on our continuing experience with these systems. In this proposed rule, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. Also, this proposed rule would update and refine the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, and Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. This proposed rule would request information on options being considered for future changes to the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating methodology. The proposed rule would narrow the description of \"custody\" for purposes of Medicare's no legal obligation to pay payment exclusion. The proposed rule would revise the eligibility requirements in the special enrollment period (SEP) for formerly incarcerated individuals to tie the eligibility for this SEP to the determination made by the Social Security Administration that they are no longer incarcerated for releases that occur on and after January 1, 2025. This rule also proposes to codify the requirement in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA, 2023) to provide 12 months of continuous eligibility to children under the age of 19 in Medicaid and CHIP, with limited exceptions. Further, this proposed rule would provide updates to the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) in an effort to advance the health and safety of pregnant, birthing, and postpartum patients. This rule proposes to separately pay IHS and tribal hospitals for high-cost drugs furnished in hospital outpatient departments through an add-on payment in addition to the AIR under the authorities used to calculate the AIR starting January 1, 2025. This rule also requests further information related to a Tribal Technical Advisory Group request to apply the Indian Health Service encounter rate to all outpatient tribal clinics. Finally, the proposed rule would provide exceptions to the Medicaid clinic services benefit four walls requirement for Indian Health Service and Tribal clinics, and, at state option, for behavioral health clinics and clinics located in rural areas.","document_number":"2024-15087","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/22/2024-15087/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-22/pdf/2024-15087.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-15087.pdf?1720615525","publication_date":"2024-07-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"Pass-Through <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> for Devices \n B. Proposed Device-Intensive Procedures \n V. Proposed OPPS <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> for Drugs, Biologicals, and Radiopharmaceuticals \n A. Proposed OPPS Transitional Pass-Through <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> for Additional Costs of Drugs, Biologicals, and Radiopharmaceuticals \n B. Proposed OPPS <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> for Drugs, Biologicals, and Radiopharmaceuticals Without Pass-Through <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> Status \n VI. Proposed Estimate of OPPS Transitional Pass-Through Spending for Drugs, Biologicals, Radiopharmaceuticals, and Devices \n A. Amount of Additional <span class=\"match\">Payment</span> and Limit"}]}