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+<br>Pennsylvania State Programs<br>
+<br>Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Program<br>
+<br>The 2014 and 2018 Farm Bill authorized the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) Program and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Program, which are administered by FSA. ARC and PLC offer revenue and price loss payments to qualified manufacturers for the 2019 through 2023 crop years. Discover more<br>
+<br>The USDA Agricultural Mediation Program makes grants to state-designated entities that provide alternative dispute resolution (ADR) through mediation to farming producers, their lending institutions and others directly affected by the actions of certain USDA companies. In mediation, a trained, unbiased arbitrator helps individuals evaluate and discuss their conflicts, recognize choices to fix disagreements and settle on solutions. Ideally, this process helps to avoid pricey and time consuming administrative appeals and/or litigation. These grants are administered by FSA. Cases covered by the grants include farming loans, whether made by USDA or industrial lenders, and disagreements including USDA actions on farm and conservation programs, wetland determinations, rural water loan programs, [grazing](https://propertiesmt.com) on national park system lands, pesticides, rural housing and business loans, and crop insurance. Learn More<br>
+<br>Each , FSA targets a portion of its direct and ensured farm ownership and operating loan funds to beginning farmers and ranchers. FSA makes and guarantees loans to starting farmers and ranchers who are not able to acquire funding from industrial loan providers. A starting farmer or rancher is a private or entity who (1) has not operated a farm or cattle ranch for more than 10 years, (2) satisfies the loan eligibility requirements of the program to which he/she is using, (3) significantly participates in the operation, and, (4) for farm ownership loan purposes, does not own a farm higher than 30 percent of the average size farm in the county and fulfill training and experience requirements. Discover more<br>
+<br>BCAP is a voluntary program for agricultural and forestland owners and operators. BCAP supports the production and usage of biomass crops for conversion to bioenergy or for the advancement of bio-based products. BCAP can include 1) Project Areas: Supports establishing and keeping eligible crops up to 5 years for annual and non-woody seasonal crops or as much as 15 years for woody seasonal crops for conversion to bioenergy or bio-based products. Support might include [yearly payments](https://akarat.ly) and as much as 50 percent cost-share to establish eligible crops