USDA's Farm Service Agency's (FSA) Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) provides financial assistance to producers of noninsurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory or prevented planting occurs due to natural disasters.
Eligible Producers An eligible producer is a landowner, tenant or sharecropper who shares in the risk of producing an eligible crop. The annual gross revenue of the eligible producer, or the annual gross revenue of any individual or entity combined as one "person" with the eligible producer, cannot exceed $2 million.
Eligible Crops To be eligible for NAP assistance, crops must be noninsurable crops and agricultural commodities for which the catastrophic risk protection level of crop insurance is not available, and must be any of the following commercially produced crops:
Eligible Natural Disasters The natural disaster must occur before or during harvest and must directly affect the eligible crop. An eligible natural disaster is any of the following:
Applying for NAP Assistance When a Natural Disaster Strikes When a crop or planting is affected by a natural disaster, you must notify your local FSA office and complete Part B, (the Notice of Loss portion) of the application, which is Form CCC-576, the Notice of Loss and Application for Payment. This must be completed within 15 calendar days of the:
To receive NAP benefits, producers must complete Form CCC-576, Notice of Loss and Application for Payment, parts D, E, F as applicable, and G, no later than the immediately subsequent crop year acreage reporting date for the crop. The CCC-576 requires producers to provide evidence of production and note whether the crop was marketable, unmarketable, salvaged or used differently than intended.
Amount of Production Loss to Receive a NAP Payment The natural disaster must have either:
Expected production is the amount of the crop produced in the absence of a natural disaster. FSA compares expected production to actual production to determine the percentage of crop loss.
Defining a NAP Unit The NAP unit includes the specific crop acreage in the county in which the producer has a unique crop interest. A unique crop interest is either:
How Much Loss NAP Covers NAP covers the amount of loss greater than 50 percent of the expected production based on the approved yield and reported acreage.
Information FSA Uses to Calculate Payment The NAP payment is calculated by unit using: