7 U.S.C. § 1471d: Assistance programs

The donation of feed grain owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation to producers who are financially unable to purchase feed under paragraph (2) or to participate in any other program authorized under this subsection. with respect to such assistance provided for any livestock emergency determined to exist prior to January 1, 1989 , 75 percent of the current basic county loan rate for such feed grain in effect under this Act (or at a comparable price if there is no such current basic county loan rate), or with respect to such assistance provided for any other livestock emergency, 50 percent of the average market price in the county or area involved, as determined by the Secretary. Reimbursement of any transportation and handling expenses incurred, not to exceed 50 percent of such expenses, by a producer in connection with feed grain donations or sales under paragraphs (1) and (2). Reimbursement of not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of feed purchased by a producer for the producer’s livestock during the duration of the livestock emergency. The transportation assistance may not exceed $50 per ton of eligible hay or forage ($12.50 for silage). 20 pounds per day per eligible animal unit; or the quantity of additional feed needed by the producer for the duration of the livestock emergency. $24 per head of a producer’s eligible livestock; or the local cost of the quantity of additional feed needed by the producer for the eligible livestock for duration of the livestock emergency. may provide for the furnishing of the feed grain through a dealer or manufacturer and the replacing of the feed grain so furnished from feed grain owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation; or at the option of the livestock producer, shall provide for the furnishing of the feed grain through the use of feed grain stored on the farm of the producer that has been pledged as collateral for a price support loan made under this Act. In providing assistance under paragraph (2) or (4) of subsection (a), the Secretary may make in-kind payments or reimbursements through the issuance of negotiable certificates that the Commodity Credit Corporation shall exchange for a commodity in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary. No payment or benefit provided under this section shall be payable or due until such time as a completed application therefor has been approved. A person eligible to receive a payment or benefit under this section with respect to a livestock emergency determined to exist prior to January 1, 1989 , shall make application for such payment or benefit not later than March 31, 1989 , or such later date that the Secretary, by regulation, may prescribe. The Secretary may make available at least $25,000,000 to provide livestock transportation assistance under subsection (a)(6) for livestock emergencies in 1989.