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USDA Grain Bin Replacement Program

The Emergency Grain Storage Facility Assistance Program (EGSFP) provides cost-share assistance to producers in certain states to support grain storage and drying needs following the destruction of commercial grain elevators from extreme weather. Eligible facilities include on-farm grain storage structures, drying and handling equipment with a useful life of at least 3 years. Payments are calculated based on the producer's self-certified costs and share of stored grain, with a maximum payment of $125,000. Producers must apply by completing required forms and can receive partial payments for construction and a final payment once construction is complete.

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USDA Grain Bin Replacement Program

The Emergency Grain Storage Facility Assistance Program (EGSFP) provides cost-share assistance to producers in certain states to support grain storage and drying needs following the destruction of commercial grain elevators from extreme weather. Eligible facilities include on-farm grain storage structures, drying and handling equipment with a useful life of at least 3 years. Payments are calculated based on the producer's self-certified costs and share of stored grain, with a maximum payment of $125,000. Producers must apply by completing required forms and can receive partial payments for construction and a final payment once construction is complete.

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DISASTER ASSISTANCE

EGSFP - Emergency Grain Storage Facility Assistance Program

Overview
The Emergency Grain Storage Facility Assistance Program (EGSFP)
provides financial assistance to producers affected in Kentucky,
Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, North
Dakota, and Tennessee to support grain storage capacity and drying
and handling needs for the orderly marketing of commodities
following the destruction of large commercial grain elevators as a
result of extreme weather (tornadoes, derechos, etc.).

This cost-share assistance will support efforts to pay grain producers


for losses due to limited marketing and storage opportunities
because of destructions caused by eligible disaster events. The
Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs (DAFP) may determine
if there is a need for EGSFP assistance in other states and regions
during the application period. Eligible Facilities, Equipment and
Upgrades
What Is Eligible? The following types of new/used,
Eligible Losses permanent or temporary on-farm grain
storage structures are eligible and must
EGSFP helps producers to market and build new or used, permanent
or temporary on-farm grain storage capacity, restore existing storage have a useful life of at least 3 years:
capacity, and acquire drying and handling equipment for losses due • conventional-type cribs or bins
to eligible disaster events. designed and engineered for grain
storage;

Eligible disaster events include: • open buildings with two end walls;

• Derechos; • converted storage structures;

• Floods; • asphalt, concrete or gravel floors with


grain piles and tarp covering;
• Hurricanes;
• ag baggers (including bags).
• Tornadoes;
On-farm grain storage structures may
• Winter storms. account for aeration-drainage, and may
require loading or unloading augers, drying
and handling equipment.

Payment Limitations
A person or legal entity, other than a joint
venture or general partnership, cannot
receive, directly or indirectly, more than
$125,000 in EGSFP payments.

FACTSHEET • MARCH 2023 fsa.usda.gov/EGSFP


EGSFP - EMERGENCY GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 2

Payment Calculation
The EGSFP payment will be calculated as follows:
Producers will self-certify to the cost of the on-
farm grain storage capacity or drying and handling
equipment. The self-certified cost will be multiplied
by the producer’s share of the grain crop that will be
stored in the built or purchased storage structure.
This is the EGSFP payment, which will be multiplied
by the cost share factor of 75% or (see section of this
fact sheet on eligibility for the 90% cost-share rate for
underserved producers). FSA will determine if the self-
certified cost for the on-farm grain storage capacity or
drying and handling equipment is reasonable based
on general construction, labor, and supply rates for the An applicant who has filed CCC-860 certifying their
respective areas. status as a socially disadvantaged, beginning, or veteran
farmer or rancher for a prior program year is not
required to submit a subsequent certification of their
Payment Disbursement status.
FSA will make a partial and final payment or one final
payment to eligible grain producers, or a group of Applying for Assistance
producers based on the information certified on FSA-
413 and FSA-413-1, Continuation Sheet for EGSFP, if Producers may be eligible for EGSFP assistance for
applicable. The FSA-413-1 must be submitted with the on-farm grain storage purchased or built, and drying
FSA-413 when a group of producers are applying for and handling equipment purchased after the Notice of
EGSFP assistance. Funding Availability is published in the Federal Register.

At the election of the producer, one partial payment Producers will self-certify on EGSFP Application form,
and one final payment will be available. The partial FSA-413 and FSA-413-1, Continuation Sheet for EGSFP,
payment will be made to facilitate the purchase and if applicable, the harvested production for crop years
construction of the eligible on-farm grain storage 2021 and 2022, and the estimated cost to acquire or
capacity and drying and handling equipment and will build the on-farm grain storage or purchase drying and
be made after the approved applicant has completed a handling equipment, and the producer’s share of grain.
commensurate share, up to 50%, of the construction or
purchase of the eligible on-farm grain storage materials Producers may apply by completing a FSA-413 and
and drying and handling equipment. FSA-413-1, Continuation Sheet for EGSFP, if applicable,
must be submitted to the administrative FSA county
The final payment will be made after the eligible office and may be submitted in person, by mail,
on-farm storage capacity and drying and handling email, or facsimile. EGSFP application period ends on
equipment has been fully delivered, erected, December 29, 2023.
constructed, assembled, or installed. An FSA employee
may inspect and verify the amount of construction More Information
completed before a partial and final payment is
This fact sheet is provided for informational purposes
disbursed.
only; other restrictions or requirements may apply. For
more information about EGSFP, visit FSA.USDA.gov/
Socially Disadvantaged, Limited Resource, EGSFP or contact your local FSA office for details. To
Beginning, or Veteran Farmer or Ranchers find your local FSA office, visit farmers.gov.
An eligible producer who certifies they are socially
disadvantaged, limited resource, beginning and
veteran farmer or rancher will receive 90 percent of
the payment rate for the losses under EGSFP. Failure
of applicant to submit form CCC-860 will result in an
applicant’s payment being calculated using the lower
payment rate that applies to all other applicants.

fsa.usda.gov/ELAP
FACTSHEET • MARCH 2023
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

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