Sec. 11027. Agricultural management assistance, risk management education, and organic certification cost share assistance
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Section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1524 ) is amended by striking subsection
(b)and inserting the following: The Secretary shall provide assistance under this section as follows: Provision of organic certification cost share assistance pursuant to section 10606 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 6523 ). Activities to support risk management education and community outreach partnerships pursuant to section 522(d), including— entering into futures or hedging; entering into agricultural trade options as a hedging transaction to reduce production, price, or revenue risk; or conducting any other activity relating to an activity described in clause
(i)or (ii), including farm financial benchmarking, as determined by the Secretary. Provision of agricultural management assistance grants to producers in States in which there has been traditionally, and continues to be, a low level of Federal crop insurance participation and availability, and producers underserved by the Federal crop insurance program, as determined by the Secretary, for the purposes of— constructing or improving— watershed management structures; or irrigation structures; planting trees to form windbreaks or to improve water quality; and mitigating financial risk through production or marketing diversification or resource conservation practices, including— soil erosion control; integrated pest management; organic farming; or to develop and implement a plan to create marketing opportunities for the producer, including through value-added processing. The total amount of payments made to a person (as defined in section 1001(5) of the Food Security Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1308(5) )) (as in existence before the amendment made by section 1603(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–246 ; 122 Stat. 1730)) under paragraph
(1)for any year may not exceed $50,000. The Secretary shall carry out this subsection through the Commodity Credit Corporation. For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available to carry out this subsection $23,000,000. Of the amount made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall use not less than— 50 percent to carry out paragraph (1)(A); 26 percent to carry out paragraph (1)(B); and 24 percent to carry out paragraph (1)(C). .
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- Pub. L. 110-246
- 122 Stat. 1730
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Sec. 11027
Agricultural management assistance, risk management education, and organic certification cost share assistance
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-246
Stat.122 Stat. 1730
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