Biomass Crop Assistance Program
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The Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) is a program of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Biomass Crop Assistance Program supports the establishment and production of crops for conversion to bioenergy in project areas and assists with collection, harvest, storage, and transportation of eligible material for use in a
biomass conversion facility. [1] (PDF file)
Events
News
- Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Missouri Conversion Facility First with BCAP Producer Payments, 31 August 2009 by USDA Newsroom: "Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) made the first matching payment under the new Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). Show Me Energy Cooperative of Missouri was the first biomass conversion facility that became qualified under BCAP, a 2008 Farm Bill Program, and less than a month later, was paying producers for biomass materials that FSA matched with BCAP collection, harvest, storage and transportation (CHST) program funds."
- "The BCAP program encourages biomass conversion facilities to sign agreements with FSA. The agreement can be downloaded from www.fsa.usda.gov. Once signed up, FSA confirms qualifications and assigns facilities identification numbers. Producers who sell eligible materials to qualified biomass conversion facilities can then apply for FSA payments that match the amount received from the facility." [2]
- USDA's Farm Service Agency to Begin Accepting Applications for New Biomass Crop Assistance Program, 29 July 2009 by USDA Newsroom: "USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Jonathan Coppess today announced that biomass conversion facilities can begin signing up to participate in the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, which will help increase production of renewable energy. The program, authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill, provides financial assistance to producers who deliver eligible material to biomass conversion facilities and FSA will provide financial assistance to collect, harvest, store and transport eligible materials." [3]
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