10.091: Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program
Alternate Name: ELAP
Overview
Program Number
10.091
Status
Inactive
Last Modified
Oct. 27, 2014
Date Posted
Aug. 10, 2013
Objective
The objective of ELAP is to provide emergency assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish who have losses due to disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, including losses due to blizzards and wildfires, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary). Assistance is provided from the Trust Fund established under Public Law 110-246. ELAP assistance is for losses not covered under other Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Payment programs specifically Livestock Forage Program (LFP), Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), and the Supplemental Assistance Program (SURE). ELAP is authorized for fiscal years 2008 through September 30, 2011. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended authority for ELAP under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill) for the 2012 and 2013 fiscal years. However, for 2012 and 2013 fiscal years funding has not been appropriated for ELAP.
Type of Assistance
C - Direct Payments for Specified Use
Applicant Eligibility
To be considered an eligible applicant, the participant must be a producer or contract grower of livestock, honeybee, or farm-raised fish that assumes the production and market risks associated with the agricultural production of crops or livestock on a farm and that meet the requirements to receive ELAP payments.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Eligible producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish will receive the ultimate benefits from ELAP. An eligible producer of livestock must have owned, cash-leased, purchased, entered into a contract to purchase, or been a contract grower of eligible livestock during the 60 days prior to the beginning date of the eligible adverse weather or eligible loss condition. To be considered an eligible honeybee producer, a participant must have an interest and risk in the eligible honeybee colony, for the purpose of producing honey or pollination for commercial use as part of a farming operation. To be considered an eligible farm-raised fish producer the participant must have produced eligible farm-raised fish, with the intent to harvest for commercial use as part of a farming operation.
Grant Awards
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program direct grants
Grant Opportunities