G/AG/N/USA/93  
 
9 January 2014  
(14-0064)  Page: 1/25  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 15 December 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America . The notification concerns domestic support 
commitments ( Table DS:1  and the relevant Supporting Tables) for the marketing year 2011 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2011 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency Current Total AMS 
(from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedu le) (from Section 1 of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached  Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
19,103.294 Millions of US dollars 4,653.986 
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR 2011 (EXCEPT AS NOTED) 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
Agency and programme, by measure and type 
(some agency names have changed) Outlays 
($ million)1 Description of programme 
(a) General services: 10,936  
   
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)   Re search and advisory function.  Acquires, maintains, and disseminates information. 
 Agricultural Research  1,162 Includes Na tional Agricultural Library functions. 
 Buildings & Facilities 102 Conducts research on a wide variety of topics, including soil and water conservation, plant and 
animal sciences, human nutrition, an d integrated agricultural systems. 
 Misc. Contributed Funds 22  
   
National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA)  Formerly C ooperative State Research, Extensio n, and Education Service (CSRE ES). Renamed 
National Institute for Food and Agriculture (N IFA) beginning FY2009 by 2008 Farm Act (PL110-
246). 
 Research and Education Activities  650 Research function.  Provides grants to st ate agricultural research establishments.  Part icipates 
in cooperative planning with state research institutions. 
 Integrated Activities 89 Funds in tegrated research, education, an d extension grants programmes.  
 Extension Activities 450 Advisory functi on.  Participates with state cooperative extension system on applied education, 
information, and technology transfer. 
 Biomass Research and Development 10 Funds research and developmen t projects leading to the produc tion of bio-ba sed industrial 
products. Jointly managed by USDA and the Depa rtment of Energy. Authorized by the Biomass 
Research and Development Act of 2000 (Title III, PL 106-224); extended under the 2008 Farm 
Act (PL 110-246). (Previously administered by Rural Cooperative-Business Service.) 
   
Rural Business and Cooperative Development Services 
(RBCD)   
 Rural Cooperative Development Grants 25 Provides grants to nonprofit corporations and institutions of higher learning to fund centers for 
  development of new cooperatives and improve operations of existing cooperatives (PL 104-
127); also provides grants for value-added mark eting for cooperatives reauthorized by the 
2008 Farm Act (PL 110-246). 
    
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- 4 - Agency and programme, by measure and type 
(some agency names have changed) Outlays 
($ million)1 Description of programme 
(a) General Services (continued):   
   
Animal & Plant Health Insp ection Service (APHIS)   
 Salaries & Expenses2 1,156 Inspection/pest and disease control function. 
   
 Buildings & Facilities 5 Protects animal and plant resources from destructive pests and diseases. 
 Miscellaneous Trust Funds 14  
   
State programmes for agriculture   
 Regular annual outlays by states, net of fees and taxes 2,524 State governments provide a number of generally available servic es. 
Includes extension, ma rketing, and research. 
Amount reported is net of producer fe es and taxes paid for various services. 
   
Grain Inspection, Packers and    
Stockyard Administration  (GIP&S)  Marketing/inspection fu nctions.  Establishes standards. 
 Salaries & Expenses 40 Provides for official inspection an d implementation of the system  of standards for marketing 
and conducts surveillance and investigatory activities to protect producers and consumers from unfair trade practices. 
   
Food Safety Inspection Service (F SIS)  Safety/inspection function. 
 Salaries & Expenses 1,031 Provides in-plant inspection to assure quality of meat and poultry and the accuracy of 
labelling. 
 Inspec. & Grading of Farm Products 12  
   
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)  Marketing function. 
 Marketing Services 75 Develops marketing standa rds and provides news and inspection services. 
 Payments to States & Possessions  34 Gran ts to states for projects, such as improving marketing information, and developing 
grading standards.   
 Perishable Agricultural Commodity Act Fund  10 Uses license fees to take legal actions against unfair buyer trade practices. 
 Expenses and Refunds, Insp ection and Grading of Farm 
 Products (formerly called Miscellaneous Trust Funds) 154 Grading and certification services ar e provided on a fee-for-service basis. 
   
Risk Management Agency (RMA)   
 Agency administrative and operating expenses 77 Funds fo r management of the Federal Crop Insurance Programme. 
 Administrative & operating reimbursements to insurers 1,383 Reim bursements for certain administrative and operating expenses o f insurance companies 
delivering Federal crop insurance. 
 Underwriting gains to insurers 592 Underwriting gains prov ided to insurance companies under the Standard Reinsurance 
Agreement. 
   
Office of the Chief Economist   
 World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) 5 Research and advisory function.  Provides  economic information about current outlook  and 
situation for commodity supply and price.    
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- 5 - Agency and programme, by measure and type 
(some agency names have changed) Outlays 
($ million)1 Description of programme 
   
(a) General Services (continued):   
   
Economic Research Service (ERS)   
 Economic Research Service 88 Research and advisory function.  Performs econ omic research and analysis for the public, 
Congress, and the Executive Branch. 
   
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)   
 National Agricultural Statistics Service  146 Research and advi sory function.  Provides official  estimates of resource utiliza tion, production, 
and prices of agri cultural products. 
   
Farm Service Agency (FSA)3   
 Conservation Reserve Programme Technical Assistance  144 Extens ion, advisory, and training serv ice functions. USDA agencies pr ovide various technical 
services to help producers participate in Conservation Reserve Programme (CRP) 
   
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)   
 Conservation Operations3 875 Extension, advisory, and training service functions. 
  To promote conservation of soil and water, NRCS  provides technical assistance, conducts soil 
surveys, and assesses erosion fact ors (formerly activity of "SCS"). 
   
 Resource Conservation and Development 27 Assists individu als and localities to develop area-wide plans for resource 
conservation and development.  
   
Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS)   
 Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers (TAA for 
 Farmers) 34 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 reauthorized and modified the 
TAA for Farmers programme. Producers of groups  of commodities certified as suffering losses 
from import competition during the period Oct 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010, could apply to receive free information, technical as sistance, and support to  develop and implement 
Business Adjustment Plans. 
   
(b)  Public Stockholding for Food Security: 0   
   
(c)  Domestic food aid: 103,151  
   
Food & Consumer Services (FCS)   
 Nutrition Programmes Administration  
(formerly Food Programme Administration) 149 For administration of food programmes prov iding access to more nutritious diets for low 
income people and children. 
   
 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme (SNAP) 
(formerly Food Stamp Programme) 77,637 Low income people receive financial assistance to help purchase nutritious food. (Renamed 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme (S NAP) beginning FY2009 by the 2008 Farm Act 
(PL110-246)). 
    
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- 6 - Agency and programme, by measure and type 
(some agency names have changed) Outlays 
($ million)1 Description of programme 
(c)  Domestic food aid (continued):    
   
 Child Nutrition Programmes 17,284 Cash and commodities to assist children to attain adequate diets.  Includes 
special milk, school lunch and breakfast, homeless children, and other programmes. 
 Special Supplemental Nutrition programme for Women,  Infants, and Children (WIC) 6,787 Food supplements to improve health of low income mothers, infants, and young children. 
   
 Commodity Assistance Programme (CAP) 307 CAP include previously separate programm es: Commodity Supplemental Food, Emergency 
Food, assistance to Indian Rese rvations and to Pacific Islands and Nutrition for the Elderly.  
   
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)   
 Section 32 987 Funds purchases of commodities distributed to low-income, children, and elderly people 
  through the FNS food prog rammes described above. 
   
(d)  Decoupled income support: 5,698  
   
Farm Service Agency (FSA)   
 Direct Payments 4,745 Payments made to producers and land owners based on acreage and production in a prior base 
period, as specified in the 2002 Farm  Act (PL 107-171) and reauthorized in the 2008 Farm Act (PL110-246). 
   
 Tobacco quota buyout 953 Buyout of marketing quota und er tobacco price support pr ogramme, terminated under 
provisions of the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 (Title VI, PL 108-357). 
  Payments are funded through assessments on to bacco product manufacturers and importers.   
  The legislation also terminated the tobacco pr ice and income support programme at the end of 
the 2004 marketing year. 
   
(e)  Income insurance and safety-net programmes: 0  Note:  All revenue and income insurance prog ramme support to producers is included in 
Supporting 
  Table DS:9, under the entry for US DA Crop Insurance programmes. 
   
   
(f)  Payments for relief from natural disasters: 264   
   
Farm Service Agency (FSA)   
 Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Programme (NAP, 
crop year)  262 Under the 1994 Federal Crop Insurance Reform  Act (P.L.103-354), producers of crops not 
currently insurable under other programmes received benefits if it was determined by the USDA that there had been yield losses greater than 35 percent for the area, and greater than 50 percent for the individual farm .  The area loss requirement was eliminated per Section 109 
of the Agricultural Risk Protection  
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- 7 - Agency and programme, by measure and type 
(some agency names have changed) Outlays 
($ million)1 Description of programme 
(f)  Payments for relief  from natural disasters 
 (continued):    
   
 Emergency loans5 2 Emergency loans provide emergency funding and technical assistance for farmers and 
ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and for carrying out emergency water conservation measures  in periods of severe drought. 
   
(g) Structural adjustment through producer 
 retirement programmes: 0  
   
(h) Structural adjustment through resource 
 retirement programmes: 0  
   
(i) Structural adjustment through investment aids: 154   
   
Farm Service Agency (FSA)   
 Farm Credit Programmes4 150 Programme includes (i) short-term and long-ter m loans made at preferential interest rates and 
(ii) guarantees of private loans.  Eligibility (clearly defined in regulations) determined by status as owner-operator of a family-sized farm in situations of structural  disadvantage (cannot 
obtain credit elsewhere). 
   
 State Mediation Grants 4 Grants provid ed to states to assist producers havi ng problems meeting credit obligations.  
Assistance must be provided through certif ied agricultural loan mediation programme. 
   
(j)  Environmental payments: 4,914  
   
Farm Service Agency (FSA)   
 Conservation Reserve Programme 1,795 Soil erosion reduction and other environmental benefits are addressed through 10-year ren tal 
agreements to establish permanent cover crops on cropland. 
   
 Emergency Conservation Programme 35 Assists in funding emergenc y conservation measures necessary  to restore farmland damaged 
by natural disasters. 
   
 Conservation loans 5 Loans are made to cover costs of implementing qualifying conservation projects. Reported 
expenditure is interest subsidy for direct and guaranteed loan s. Authorized under the 2008 
Farm Act and implemented in 2010. 
   
 Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentives 
 (VPA-WHIP) 18 Provides grants to State and tribal govern ments to implement programmes to encourage 
farmers and ranchers to develop enhanced wildlife habitat and allow public access on their lands for wildlife dependent recreation. 
  Authorized under the 2008 Farm Act and first implemented in 2010. 
    
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- 8 - Agency and programme, by measure and type 
(some agency names have changed) Outlays 
($ million)1 Description of programme 
(j)  Environmental payments (continued):    
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)   
 Agricultural Management Assistance Programme 7 Provides cost-s hare assistance for conservation practices that improve water ma nagement, 
water quality, and erosion control.  Reau thorized under 2008 Farm Act (PL 110-246). 
   
 Conservation Stewardship Programme5 778 Provides payments for structural and land  management practices that address resource 
concerns.  Authorized by 2008 Farm Act (PL 110-246). 
   
 Grassland Reserve Programme 78 Long-term contracts or easements to restore and conserve grassland.  Reauthorized under 
2008 Farm Act (PL 110-246). 
   
 Wetland Reserve Programme 569 Cons ervation and restoration of wetlands through long-term agreements. 
  Producers must implement a conservation  plan and retire crop acreage base.  
Funding transferred to NRCS under 2002 Farm Act (PL 107-171). 
   
 Wildlife Habitat Incentives Programme 83 Provides technical assistance and cost-share assistance to landowners to develop habi tat for 
upland wildlife, wetlands wildlife, endangered species, fish, and other wildlife. 
  Funds come from CCC under 5-10 year cont racts (Title III, Public Law 104-127). 
   
 Farmland Protection Programme 169 Conservation plans are made and easements purchased through State, tribe, or local 
government agencies to protect topsoil by limiting conversion to nonagricultural uses. 
  Conservation plans must be carried out over  the 30 years or more of the easement term. 
  Authorized by the 1996 Farm Act (Public Law 104-127); renamed under 2008 Farm Act (PL 
110-246). 
   
 Environmental Quality Incentives Programme (EQIP) 1,231  Encourages farmers and ranchers to adopt practices that reduce enviro nmental and resource 
problems.  Half of the funds are targeted to livestock production practices. Authorized by the 1996 Farm Act (PL 104-127) and reauthorized under the 2002 Farm Act (PL 107-171) and 2008 Farm Act (PL 110-246). 
   
 Agricultural Water Enhancement Programme 73 The Agricultural Water Enhancement Progra mme (AWEP) is a voluntary conservation in itiative 
that provides financial and technical assistan ce to agricultural producers to implement 
agricultural water enhancement activities on agri cultural land for the purposes of conserving 
surface and ground water and improving water qual ity.  Authorized by 2008 Farm Act (PL 110-
246), the programme supersedes the Ground and Surface Water Protection Programme. 
   
 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative 73 The programme assists prod ucers in implementing activities to improve water quality and  
quantity, and restore, enhance an d preserve soil, air,  and related resource s in the Chesapeake 
Bay Watershed. Authorized by 2008 Farm Act (PL 110-246). 
   
(k) Payments Under Regional Assistance  
     Programmes    
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- 9 - Agency and programme, by measure and type 
(some agency names have changed) Outlays 
($ million)1 Description of programme 
   
(l)  Other: 0  
   
Grand Total  125,117  
1 Unless otherwise specified, data are outlays for fiscal years. Outlays were excluded from domestic U.S. tables if not related d irectly to internal support of production agriculture. Wages and salaries and 
administrative expenses were excluded except where such outl ays reflect the level of services provided to agriculture. 
2 Includes an estimated $402 million for pest and disease management programmes. 
3 In providing technical assistance, USDA agencies explain and determine eligibility for conservation programmes, help develop i ndividual conservation plans, help install approved practices, provide 
information and educational assistance, and consult with universi ties and other government agencies.  Beginning in 2002, expend itures for technical assistance under most farm programmes transitioned 
from FSA to NRCS, leading to a change in accounting for technical assistance that was not immediately reflected in reporting of  NRCS technical assistance. Estimates of NRCS technical assistance have 
continued to be included under FSA/NRCS CTA, as well as under NRCS Conservation Operations and as part of NRCS programme paymen ts under Environmental Payments, leading to double-counting of 
NRCS technical assistance.  Beginning in 2009, CRP technical assistance is reported separately under FSA, while NRCS general co nservation technical assistance continues to be reported as part of 
Conservation Operations, and NRCS programme payments cont inue to include some technical assistance expenditures. 
4 Derived as the difference between FSA farm loans and commercial interest rates times the value of loans made during the year.  Data also include budget outlays for recognized losses on FSA loan 
guarantees. 
5 The Conservation Stewardship Programme (CStP) superseded the Co nservation Security Programme (CSP) under the 2008 Farm Act.  T he total reported for CStP includ es expenditures on remaining CSP 
contracts. 
Public Law References 
Public Law 103-354, Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department  of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (October 4, 1994). 
Public Law 104-127, The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (April 4, 1996). Public Law 106-224, Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000, Title I, Crop In surance, Section 109, and Title III, Biomass Rese arch and Development Act (June 22, 2000). 
Public Law 107-171, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (May 13, 2002). Public Law 108-357, American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, Title II, Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 (October 22, 20 04). 
Public Law 110-28, U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007 ( May 25, 2007). 
Public Law 110-246, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (June 18, 2008). Public Law 111-5, American Recovery and Re investment Act of 2009 (February 17, 2009). 
 
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Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2011 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Description of basic products 
(including non-product specific AMS) (2011) Calculated AMS 
(2011) 
($ million) Value of production Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
($ million) Amount1 (2011) 
($ million)  5 per cent of value 
($ million) 
1 2 3  4 
Product-specific AMS (from Support ing Tables DS:5 to DS:7)     
Barley 0.161 813.920 40.696  2 
Canola 0.025 366.627 18.331  2 
Chickpeas 0.013 84.439 4.222  2 
Corn 13.396 76,939.603 3,846.980  2 
Cotton 75.084 8,473.838 423.692  2 
Dairy 3,238.235 39,735.714 1,986.786  3,238.235 
Dry Peas 0.006 85.424 4.271  2 
Flaxseed 0.001 38.570 1.929  2 
Honey 0.071 258.051 12.903  2 
Lentils 0.102 118.636 5.932  2 
Livestock 314.547 98,579.801 4,928.990  2 
Oats 0.007 189.263 9.463  2 
Orchards, Vineyards, Nursery 3.868 37,350.132 1,867.507  2 
Peanuts 6.213 1,168.587 58.429  2 
Rice 8.635 2,737.423 136.871  2 
Sesame 0.072 1.450 0.073  2 
Sorghum 5.460 1,268.524 63.426  2 
Soybeans 10.852 38,497.710 1,924.886  2 
Sugar 1,415.751 3,317.403  165.870  1,415.751 
Sunflower Seed 0.020 589.282 29.464  2 
Wheat 41.863 14,322.909 716.145  2 
Wool 1.013 48.925 2.446  2 
 Total  5,135.395   4,653.986  
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(including non-product specific AMS) (2011) Calculated AMS 
(2011) 
($ million) Value of production Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
($ million) Amount1 (2011) 
($ million)  5 per cent of value 
($ million) 
Non-product-specific AMS     
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below) 9,232.958 380,780.726 19,039.036  2 
Total: Current total AMS    4,653.986 
1 Value of production reported by National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), in general.  Cash receipts from the Economic R esearch Service Farm Income Data were used for fruits and nuts, vegetables, 
horses and mules, other livestock, and "other crops," excluding cash receipts for some specific crops that are available as act ual value of production in NASS reports. The Livestock category includes cattle 
& calves, sheep & lambs, poultry, swine, goats, llamas, alpacas, emus, deer, elk, reindeer and equine. The Orchards, Vineyards,  Nursery category includes fruits and nuts of trees, bushes and vines, and 
greenhouse and nursery products. 
2 AMS is not subject to reduction or inclusion in the current total AMS because the calculated AMS is less than 5 percent of valu e of production (de minimis exclusion). 
 
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- 12 - Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2011 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support 
Description of 
basic products Marketing year 
beginning Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference price Eligible 
production Associated fees Total market 
price support Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6)-7 9 
   $/ton $/ton Million tons $ million $ million  
Butter Oct. 1, 2011 Price support/quota 2,314.853 1,279.000 0.809  838.005 1  
Nonfat dry milk Oct. 1, 2011 Price support/quota 1,763.698 1,342.000 0.687  289.707 1 
Cheddar cheese Oct. 1, 2011 Price support/quota 2,491.223 1,283.000 1.413  1,707.219 1 
         
Total Dairy       2,834.931  
Sugar Oct. 1, 2011 Price support/quota 413.367 230.824 7.700  1,405.624 2 
         
Total all 
Commodities (before de minimis)         
       4,240.555  
1 External reference price is 1986-88 average price from FAS/USDA reported prices, FOB Northern Europe and other world ports. 
2 Reference price based on 1986-88 average Caribbean price adjusted  to include transportation costs of $28.66/ton (28.66 + 202.16 4 = 230.824). 
Annual Caribbean price is the simple average of 12 monthly prices.  Applied administered price is the announced loan rate for c ane sugar (18.75 cents per lb.). 
Eligible production for market price support is the smaller of either actual production or the Overall Allotment Quantity (OAQ) , as provided for in the 2002 Farm Act (PL 107-171)  
and continued under the 2008 Farm Act (PL 110-246). The OAQ sets the amount of sugar that may be marketed during any year, ther eby determining the maximum  
amount of production eligible for price support.  El igible production for 2011 is actual sugar production.  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2011 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
Description 
of basic product Marketing 
year 
starting Measure 
type(s) Applied 
adminis-
tered 
price External 
reference 
price Eligible 
production Total 
price-
related 
direct 
payments Other non-
exempt 
payments Fees/levies Total direct 
payments Adjustment
factor New 
notes, 
data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 12 
   $/ton $/ton Million tons $ million $ million $ million $ million  Ratio  
Barley June 1, 
2011 ACRE programme 
payments     0.079    1 
 
 Subtotal other 
payments     0.079  0.079   
            
Barley June 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       0.079   
Canola July 1, 
2011 ACRE programme 
payments     0.001    1 
 
 Subtotal other 
payments     0.001  0.001   
            
Canola July 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       0.001   
Chickpeas June 1, 
2011 ACRE programme 
payments     0.012    1 
 
 Subtotal other 
payments     0.012  0.012   
            
Chickpeas June 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       0.012    
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of basic product Marketing 
year 
starting Measure 
type(s) Applied 
adminis-
tered 
price External 
reference 
price Eligible 
production Total 
price-
related 
direct 
payments Other non-
exempt 
payments Fees/levies Total direct 
payments Adjustment
factor New 
notes, 
data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 12 
   $/ton $/ton Million tons $ million $ million $ million $ million  Ratio  
Cotton Aug. 1, 
2011 Marketing loan 
gains     0.001    2 
  Subtotal other 
payments     0.001  0.001   
            
Cotton Aug. 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       0.001   
Dairy Oct. 1, 
2011 Dairy indemnities 
    0.100     
  Dairy market loss 
payment (MILC)     403.204     
  Subtotal other 
payments     403.304  403.304   
            
Dairy Oct. 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       403.304   
Dry Peas July 1, 
2011 ACRE programme 
payments     0.001    1 
  Subtotal other 
payments     0.001  0.001   
            
Dry Peas July 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       0.001   
Grain 
Sorghum Sept. 1, 
2011 ACRE programme 
payments     5.454    1 
  Subtotal other 
payments     5.454  5.454   
            
Grain Sorghum Sept. 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       5.454    
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of basic product Marketing 
year 
starting Measure 
type(s) Applied 
adminis-
tered 
price External 
reference 
price Eligible 
production Total 
price-
related 
direct 
payments Other non-
exempt 
payments Fees/levies Total direct 
payments Adjustment
factor New 
notes, 
data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 12 
   $/ton $/ton Million tons $ million $ million $ million $ million  Ratio  
Lentils Sept. 1, 
2011 ACRE programme 
payments     0.059    1 
  Subtotal other 
payments     0.059  0.059   
            
Lentils Sept. 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       0.059   
Livestock Jan. 1, 
2011 Livestock 
indemnity 
payments     42.336    3 
  Emergency 
livestock assistance     7.975    
4 
  Livestock forage 
payments     264.236    5 
  Subtotal other 
payments     314.547  314.547   
            
Livestock Jan. 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       314.547   
Oats June 1, 
2011 ACRE programme 
payments     0.001    1 
  Subtotal other 
payments     0.001  0.001   
            
Oats June 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       0.001    
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- 16 - Description 
of basic product Marketing 
year 
starting Measure 
type(s) Applied 
adminis-
tered 
price External 
reference 
price Eligible 
production Total 
price-
related 
direct 
payments Other non-
exempt 
payments Fees/levies Total direct 
payments Adjustment
factor New 
notes, 
data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 12 
   $/ton $/ton Million tons $ million $ million $ million $ million  Ratio  
Orchards, 
Vineyards, Nursery Jan. 1, 
2011 Tree assistance 
payments 
    3.868    
6 
  Subtotal other 
payments     3.868  3.868   
            
Orchards, Vineyards, Nursery Jan. 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments 
      3.868   
Rice Aug. 1, 
2011 ACRE programme 
payments     1.459    1 
 
 Subtotal other 
payments     1.459  1.459   
            
Rice Aug. 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       1.459   
Sesame Sept. 1, 
2011 ACRE programme 
payments     0.072    1 
 
 Subtotal other 
payments     0.072  0.072   
            
Sesame Sept. 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       0.072   
Soybeans Sept. 1, 
2011 ACRE programme 
payments     4.813    1 
 
 Subtotal other 
payments     4.813  4.813   
            
Soybeans Sept. 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       4.813    
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of basic product Marketing 
year 
starting Measure 
type(s) Applied 
adminis-
tered 
price External 
reference 
price Eligible 
production Total 
price-
related 
direct 
payments Other non-
exempt 
payments Fees/levies Total direct 
payments Adjustment
factor New 
notes, 
data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 12 
   $/ton $/ton Million tons $ million $ million $ million $ million  Ratio  
Wheat June 1, 
2011 ACRE programme 
payments     40.070    1 
 
 Subtotal other 
payments     40.070  40.070   
            
Wheat June 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       40.070   
Wool Jan. 1, 
2011 Loan deficiency 
payments     1.013     2 
 
 Subtotal other 
payments     1.013  1.013   
            
Wool Jan. 1, 
2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments       1.013   
All 
Commodities   
         
(before de minimis) 2011 Subtotal all direct 
payments     774.754  774.754   
1/ The Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) programme was authorized  by the 2008 Farm Act. Producers on a farm with covered commod ities and/or peanuts who elect to participate in the ACRE 
programme must enroll for all covered commodities and peanut acre age on the farm. Producers may el ect to enroll in ACRE anytime  beginning with the 2009 crop year through the duration of the 2008 
Farm Act, but once enrolled in ACRE, the farm remains in the pr ogramme through 2012. Direct payments are reduced by 20% and mar keting assistance loan rates are reduced by 30% on enrolled farms. 
Covered commodities include corn, soybeans, wheat, rice (both medium and long-grain), upland cotton, barley, grain sorghum, oat s, peanuts, oilseeds (which include canola, crambe, flaxseed, mustard 
seed, rapeseed, safflower, sesame seed, and sunflower seed), dry peas, lentils, and small and large chickpeas.  Only commoditie s for which there were payments in the reporting year are included in the 
notification. 
2/ Marketing loan gains, loan deficiency payments, and forfeitures are forms of payment under the Marketing Assistance Loan Progra mme (certificate exchange gains were discontinued after 2009). Covered 
commodities include corn, soybeans, wheat, rice (both medium and long-grain), upland cotton, barley, grain sorghum, oats, peanu ts, oilseeds (which include canola, crambe, flaxseed, mustard seed, 
rapeseed, safflower, sesame seed, and sunflower seed), dry peas, honey, lentils, mohair, small and large chickpeas, and wool.  Only commodities for which there were payments in the reporting year are 
included in the notification. 
3/ Livestock Indemnity Programme (LIP)  payments were authorized by the 2008 Farm Act.  LIP provides payments to eligible producers  for livestock death losses in excess of normal morality due to adverse 
weather. Data indicating the share of payments going to diffe rent categories of eligible livestock are not available. 
4/ Emergency Livestock Assistance Programme (ELAP) payments were au thorized by the 2008 Farm Act.  ELAP provides emergency relief to eligible producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish 
for losses due to disease, adverse weather, or other conditions not covered by other programmes under Supplemental Agricultural  Disaster Assistance. Data indicating the share of payments going to 
different categories of eligible livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish are not available.  
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- 18 - 5/ Livestock Forage Disaster Programme (LFP) paym ents were authorized by the 2008 Farm Act.   LFP provides payments to eligible pro ducers of covered livestock for grazing losses due to drought or fire 
(on public managed land). Data indicating the share of payments going to different categories of eligible livestock are not ava ilable. 
6/ Tree Assistance Programme (TAP) payments were authorized by the 2008 Farm Act.  TAP provides assi stance to eligible orchardists  and nursery tree growers to replant or rehabilitate eligible trees, 
bushes and vines damaged by natural disasters. Data indicating th e share of payments going to different categories of eligible trees, bushes and vines are not available. 
Public Law References: 
Public Law 110-246, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Act) (June 18, 2008).  
 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2011 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Prod uct – Specific Support and Total Product – Specific Support 
Description 
of basic product Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
product 
specific 
support Fees/levies Total other 
support Market 
price 
support  
(from 
DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from DS:6) Total AMS New 
notes, 
data 
sources 
1 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
  $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million  
Barley Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.106       1 
 Subtotal other support 0.106  0.024 0.082    2 
          
Barley TOTAL AMS    0.082  0.079 0.161  
Canola Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.035       1 
 Subtotal other support 0.035  0.011 0.024    2 
          
Canola TOTAL AMS    0.024  0.001 0.025  
Chickpeas Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.001       1 
 Subtotal other support 0.001  0.000 0.001    2 
          
Chickpeas TOTAL AMS    0.001  0.012 0.013  
Corn Commodity loan interest subsidy 18.651       1 
 Subtotal other support 18.651  5.255 13.396    2 
          
Corn TOTAL AMS    13.396   13.396   
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- 20 - Description 
of basic product Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
product 
specific 
support Fees/levies Total other 
support Market 
price 
support  
(from 
DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from DS:6) Total AMS New 
notes, 
data 
sources 
1 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
  $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million  
Cotton Storage payments 0.000        
 Commodity loan interest subsidy 25.152          
 Upland cotton EAA 60.186        
 ELS cotton user marketing 
payments 0.000        
 Subtotal other support 85.338  10.255 75.083    2 
          
Cotton TOTAL AMS    75.083  0.001 75.084  
Dairy TOTAL AMS     2,834.931 403.304 3,238.235  
Dry Peas Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.007       1 
 Subtotal other support 0.007  0.002 0.005    2 
          
Dry Peas TOTAL AMS    0.005  0.001 0.006  
Flaxseed Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.002       1 
 Subtotal other support 0.002  0.001 0.001    2 
          
Flaxseed TOTAL AMS    0.001   0.001  
Honey Commodity loan interest subsidy  0.090       1 
 Subtotal other support 0.090  0.019 0.071    2 
          
Honey TOTAL AMS    0.071   0.071  
Lentils Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.058       1 
 Subtotal other support 0.058  0.015 0.043    2 
          
Lentils TOTAL AMS    0.043  0.059 0.102  
Livestock TOTAL AMS      314.547 314.547  
Oats Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.007       1 
 Subtotal other support 0.007  0.001 0.006    2 
          
Oats TOTAL AMS    0.006  0.001 0.007  
Orchards, 
Vineyards, Nursery TOTAL AMS      3.868 3.868 
  
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- 21 - Description 
of basic product Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
product 
specific 
support Fees/levies Total other 
support Market 
price 
support  
(from 
DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from DS:6) Total AMS New 
notes, 
data 
sources 
1 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
  $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million  
Peanuts Commodity loan interest subsidy  8.663       1 
 Subtotal other support 8.663  2.450 6.213    2 
          
Peanuts TOTAL AMS    6.213   6.213  
Rice Commodity loan interest subsidy 9.285       1 
 Subtotal other support 9.285  2.109 7.176    2 
          
Rice TOTAL AMS    7.176  1.459 8.635  
Sesame TOTAL AMS      0.072 0.072  
Sorghum Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.010       1 
 Subtotal other support 0.010  0.004 0.006    2 
          
Sorghum TOTAL AMS    0.006  5.454 5.460  
Soybeans Commodity loan interest subsidy 8.420       1 
 Subtotal other support 8.420  2.381 6.039     2 
          
Soybeans TOTAL AMS    6.039  4.813 10.852  
Sugar Commodity loan interest subsidy 14.925       1 
 Subtotal other support 14.925  4.798 10.127    2 
          
Sugar TOTAL AMS    10.127 1,405.624  1,415.751  
Sunflower 
Seed Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.028       1 
 Subtotal other support 0.028  0.008 0.020    2 
          
Sunflower Seed TOTAL AMS    0.020    0.020 
 
Wheat Commodity loan interest subsidy 2.285       1 
 Subtotal other support 2.285  0.492 1.793    2 
          
Wheat TOTAL AMS    1.793  40.070 41.863  
Wool TOTAL AMS      1.013 1.013   
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- 22 - Description 
of basic product Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
product 
specific 
support Fees/levies Total other 
support Market 
price 
support  
(from 
DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from DS:6) Total AMS New 
notes, 
data 
sources 
1 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
  $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million $ million  
All 
commodities          
(before de minimis) TOTAL AMS 147.911 0.000 27.825 120.086 4,240.555 774.754 5,135.395  
1/ Interest subsidies under the Marketing Assistance Loan Programme in clude both a below-market interest rate and, in some years, interest forgiven on loans repaid below the loan rate or through 
forfeitures. Covered commodities include corn, soybeans, wheat, ri ce (both medium and long-grain), upland cotton, barley, grain  sorghum,oats, peanuts, oilseeds (which include canola, crambe, flaxseed, 
mustard seed, rapeseed, safflower, sesame seed, and sunflower seed), dry peas, honey, lentils, mohair, small and large chickpea s, and wool.  Only commodities for which there were interest subsidies in 
the reporting year are included in the notification, unless the commodity is included on the basis of other support. 
2/ Fees/levies include loan origination and related fees for most loan commodities.  
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Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR 2011 (EXCEPT AS NOTED) 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Non-
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other non-
product 
specific 
support  Associated 
fees/levies Total non-
product-
specific 
support Data sources and comments 
 ($ million) ($ million) ($ million) ($ million)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 
    (2+3-4)  
Irrigation on Bure au of Reclamation 
     Based on a "debt financing method." A long-term interest rate is 
applied to the outstanding unpaid balance of capital investment by 
the Government in irrigation facilities to obtain the subsidy.  
Irrigators repay the principal but not the interest on the project debt. Projects in 17 Western States:  188.725  188.725 
      
Net Federal budget outlays for grazing 
livestock on Federal Land     The data are net budget outlays for livestock grazing on public 
range land in 16 Western States operated by the Forest Service (FS) and Bureau of Land Mana gement (BLM). The net budget 
outlays include (as negative outlays) the receipts for fees paid by livestock producers, bu t do not include other "non-fee" costs paid 
by the producers, such as for building and maintaining water 
supplies and fences.  Including the other non-fee costs could reduce the net outlay figure, perhaps to zero.  64.973  18.627 46.346 
       
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product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other non-
product 
specific 
support  Associated 
fees/levies Total non-
product-
specific 
support Data sources and comments 
 ($ million) ($ million) ($ million) ($ million)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 
Crop and revenue insurance subsidized by 
the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation:      
(crop year)       
Premium subsidies to producers 7,460.674   7,460.674 Producers may choose one of the various types of crop yield or 
revenue insurance plans made available each year.  The contracted-for insurance premiums are subsidized. The chosen guarantee (coverage) level commonly ranges from 50% to 85% of the historical average yield or expected revenue. Data include information for the Group Risk Plan (GRP), introduced in 1993, and the Group Risk Income Plan (GRIP) and Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) plan, both introd uced in 1999.  GRP and GRIP 
indemnities are paid when county-wide results fall below the guarantee level that ranges as hi gh as 90% of expected yield or 
revenue.  
      
Supplemental Crop Revenue Assurance 
(SURE) (crop year) 1,442.390   1,442.390 SURE payments are made to eligible producers on farms in 
disaster counties that incurred crop production or crop-quality 
losses or both during crop year. Provides payments at 60% of difference between disaster assi stance programme guarantee and 
total farm revenue, where revenue includes all crops produced on 
farm plus government  payments. Authorized by the 2008 Farm 
Act (PL 110-246). 
      
Countercyclical payments 0.000    0.000 Provides payments when prices of programme commodities fall 
below a target price. Payments ar e based on historical acres and 
yields and do not require current production of the historically 
produced commodity. Authorized by the 2002 Farm Act (PL107-171). (crop year)     
     
      
Farm storage facility loans: 8.133   8.133 Provides low-cost financing for farmers to build or upgrade on-
farm grain storage and handling facilities. The programme is authorized under the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act of 1949. It was discontinued in the early 1980s and reestablished in FY2000.      
     
       
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product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other non-
product 
specific 
support  Associated 
fees/levies Total non-
product-
specific 
support Data sources and comments 
 ($ million) ($ million) ($ million) ($ million)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 
Biomass crop assistance programme: 1.690   1.690 Provides financial assistance to producers or entities that deliver 
eligible biomass material to designated biomass conversion 
facilities for use as heat, power, biobased products or biofuels.  
Assistance is for costs of collection, harvest, storage and transportation associated with delivery of eligible materials. 
 
Authorized by the 2008 Farm Act (PL 110-246).      
     
     
Rural Energy for American Programme 83.000   83.000 Provides  direct loans, loan guarante es, and grants to farmers, 
ranchers, and small rural busine sses to purchase renewable 
energy systems and make energy efficiency improvements.  (formerly Renewable Energy Programme)     
      
Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment for Geographically Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers (RTCP) 2.000   2.000 Provides payments to reimburse higher costs for transportation of 
agricultural inputs and commodi ties faced by geographically 
disadvantaged producers  in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the US Virgin Islands. Authorized under the 2008 Farm Act (P.L. 110-246) and first implemented in 
2010. 
     
     
     
      
      
Total non-product specific support: 9,062.860 188.725 18.627 9,232.958 AMS is not subject to reduction because the total is les s than 
5 percent of value of production of U.S. agriculture.  
(.05*$380,781 mil. = $19,039 mil. in 2011)  
      
Public Law References: 
Public Law 107-171, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (May 13, 2002). 
Public Law 110-246, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (June 18, 2008).   
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