G/AG/N/USA/109  
 
19 January 2017  
(17-0359) Page: 1/30 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 23 December  2016, 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  2014 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SU PPORT: UNITED STATES  OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2014  
Current Total A ggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level  Currency  Current Total AMS  
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)  (from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)  (from attached Supporting Tables)  
1 2 3 
19,103.294  USD million s 3,809.925  
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUP PORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: FI SCAL YEAR 2014  (EXCEPT AS NOTED)  
Measures exempt from the red uction commitment - "Green Box"  
Agency and programme, by measure and type  
(some agency names have changed)  Outlays  
(USD  million)1 Description of programme  
(a) General services:  10,565  
   
Agricultural Research  Service (ARS)   Research and advisory function. Acquires, maintains, and disseminates information.  
 Agricultural Research  1,025 Includes National Agricultural Library functions.  Conducts research on a wide variety of topics, 
including soil and water cons ervation, plant and animal sciences, human nutrition, and 
integrated agricultural systems.   Buildings & Facilities  10 
 Misc. Contributed Funds  30 
   
National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA)   Formerly Cooperative State Research, Extension, a nd Education Service (CSREES). Renamed 
National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) beginning FY2009 by 2008 Farm Act (PL  110-246). 
 Research and Education Activities  731 Research function. Provides grants to state agricultural research establishmen ts. Participates 
in cooperative planning with state research institutions.  
 Integrated Activities  93 Funds integrated research, education, and extension grants programme s. 
 Extension Activities  478 Advisory function. Participates with state cooperative e xtension system on applied education, 
information, and technology transfer.  
 Biomass Research and Development  20 Funds research and development projects leading to the production of bio -based industrial 
products. Jointly managed by USDA and the Department  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.)  
   
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Res earch 200 The 2014 Farm Act established the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research as a non -
governmental non -profit corporation to advance the research mission of the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture (USDA) by supporting agricultural research activitie s focused on key problems of 
national and international significance, and to foster public -private collaboration among 
agricultural researchers from the Federal Government, State governments, institutions of 
higher education, industry, and non -profit organ izations. The 2014 Farm Act authorized a one -
time transfer of USD 200 million to the Foundation, to remain available until expended and 
released only to the extent that the Foundation secures an equal amount of non -Federal 
matching funds for each expenditu re. 
    
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- 4 - Agency and programme, by measure and type  
(some agency names have changed)  Outlays  
(USD  million)1 Description of programme  
   
Rural Business and Cooperative Development Services (RBCD)    
 Rural Cooperative Development Grants  25 Provides grants to non -profit corporations and institutions of higher learning to fund centers 
for development of new cooperatives and impro ve operations of existing cooperatives 
(PL 104-127); also provides grants for value -added marketing for cooperatives reauthorized 
by the 2008 Farm Act (PL 110 -246).  Reauthorized by the 2008 Farm Act (PL 110 -246).  
   
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Servi ce (APHIS)    
 Salaries & Expenses2 1,026 Inspection/pest and disease control function.  
 Buildings & Facilities  2 Protects animal and plant resources from destructive pests and diseases.  
 Miscellaneous Trust Funds  7  
   
State programmes for agriculture    
 Regular annual outlays by states, net of fees and taxes  2,452 State governments provide a number of generally available services. Includes extension, marketing, 
and research.  
   
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration (GIP&S)   Market ing/inspection functions.  Establishes standards.  
 Salaries & Expenses  
 Limitation on inspection and Weighing Services Expenses  36 
0 Provides for official inspection and 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 (FSIS)   Safety/inspection function.  
 Salaries & Expenses  969 Provides in -plant inspection to assure quality of meat and poultry an d the accuracy of labelling.  
 Inspec tion and  Grading of Farm Products  11  
   
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)   Marketing function.  
 Marketing Services  77 Develops marketing standards and provides news and inspection services.  
 Payments to States &  Possessions  52 Grants to states for projects, such as improving marketing information, and developing 
grading standards.    
 Perishable Agricultural Commodity Act Fund  9 Uses license fees to take legal actions against unfair buyer trade practices.  
 Expenses and Refunds, Inspection and Grading of Farm 
Products (formerly called Miscellaneous Trust Funds)  163 Grading and certification services are provided on a fee -for-service basis.  
   
Risk Management Agency (RMA)    
 Salaries and expenses (formerly c alled Agency 
administrative and operating expenses ) 67 Funds for management of the Federal Crop Insurance Program.  
 Administrative & operating reimbursements to insurers  1,407 Reimbursements for certain administrative and operating expenses of insurance c ompanies 
delivering Federal crop insurance.  
 Underwriting gains to insurers  560 Underwriting gains provided to insurance companies under the Standard Reinsurance Agreement.  
   
Office of the Chief Economist    
 World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB)  4 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  
(USD  million)1 Description of programme  
Economic Research Service (ERS)   Research and advisory function.  
 Economic Research Service  76 Performs economic rese arch and analysis for the public, Congress, and the Executive Branch.  
   
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)   Research and advisory function.  
 National Agricultural Statistics Service  160 Provides official estimates of resource utilization,  production, and prices of agricultural products.  
   
Farm Service Agency (FSA)3  Extension, advisory, and training service functions.  
 Conservation Reserve Program Technical Assistance  81 USDA agencies provide various technical services to help produce rs participate in Conservation 
Reserve Program (CRP) . 
   
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)   Extension, advisory, and training service functions.  
 Conservation Operations3 784 To promote conservation of soil and water, NRCS provides technical assistance, conducts soil 
surveys, and assesses erosion factors (formerly activity of "SCS").  
 Resource Conservation and Development  0 Assists individuals and localities to develop area -wide plans for resource  conservation and 
development.  
   
Foreign Ag riculture Service (FAS)    
 Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers (TAA for Farmers)  10 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 reauthorized and modified the 
TAA for Farmers program. Producers of groups of commodities certified as suffer ing losses 
from import competition during the period 1 October 2008 through  31 December 2010  could 
apply to receive free information, technical assistance, and support to develop and implement 
Business Adjustment Plans.  
   
(b) Public Stockholding for Foo d Security:  0  
   
(c) Domestic food aid:  102,841  
   
Food & Consumer Services (FCS)    
 Nutrition Programs Administration (formerly Food 
Program Administration)  122 For administration of food programmes providing access to more nutritious diets for low  
income people and children.  
 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 
(formerly Food Stamp Program)  76,237 Low income people receive financial assistance to help purchase nutritious food. (Renamed 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beginning FY2009 by the 2008 Farm Act 
(PL110 -246)).  
 Child Nutrition Programmes  19,490 Cash and commodities to assist chil dren to attain adequate diets. Includes  special milk, school 
lunch and breakfast, homeless children, and other programmes.  
 Special Supplemental Nutrition program  for Women, 
Infants, and Children (WIC)  6,266 Food supplements to improve health of low income mothers, infants, and young children.  
 Commodity Assistance Program (CAP)  225 CAP include s previously separate programmes: Commodi ty Supplemental Food, Emergency 
Food, assistance to Indian Reservations and to Pacific Islands  and Nutrition for the Elderly.  
   
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)    
 Section 32  501 Funds purchases of commodities distributed to low -income, children, a nd elderly people  
through the FNS food programmes described above.   
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- 6 - Agency and programme, by measure and type  
(some agency names have changed)  Outlays  
(USD  million)1 Description of programme  
   
   
(d) Decoupled income support:  6,134  
   
Farm Service Agency (FSA)    
 Direct Payments  4,726 Payments made to producers and landowners based on acreage and production in a prior b ase 
period, as specified in the 2002 Farm Act (PL 107 -171) and reauthorized in the 2008 Farm Act 
(PL 110-246).  
 Tobacco quota buyout  918 Buyout of marketing quota under tobacco price support programme, terminated under 
provisions of the Fair and Equitable  Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 (Title VI, PL 108 -357).  
Payments are funded through assessments on tobacco product manufacturers and importers.  
The legislation also terminated the tobacco price and income support program at the end of 
the 2004 marketing year.  
Cotton Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)  490 Authorized by the 2014 Farm Act, provided payments to owners of cotton historical base (not 
a covered commodity under the new Farm Act commodity programs) during the transition to 
the new Stacked Income Prot ection Plan (STAX). The payments were made only during the 
2014 crop year, as STAX became fully available in 2015. CTAP, like the repealed Direct 
Payments program, did not require production of cotton or any other commodity, although the 
land had to be kep t in agricultural or conserving uses.  
   
(e) Income insurance and safety -net programmes:  0 Note: All revenue and income insurance programme support to producers is included in 
Supporting Tables DS: 7 and DS:9 under the entry for USDA Crop Insurance progr ammes.  
   
(f) Payments for relief from natural disasters:  126  
   
Farm Service Agency (FSA)    
 Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program 
(NAP,  crop year)  124 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 % for the area, and greater than 50 % 
for the individual farm. The area loss requirement was eliminated per Section 10 9 of the 
Agricultural Risk Protection  Act of 2000 (P.L. 106 -224). The 50 % loss requirement for each 
producer has been continued . 
 Emergency loans4 1 Emergency loans provide emergency funding and technical assistance for farmers and 
ranchers to rehabilitat e 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  
    
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- 7 - Agency and programme, by measure and type  
(some agency names have changed)  Outlays  
(USD  million)1 Description of programme  
(i) Structural adjustment through investment aids:  61  
   
Farm Service Agency (FSA)    
 Farm Credit Programs4 58 Programme includes : (i) short-term and long -term loans made at preferential interest rates 
and (ii ) guarantees of p rivate 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  3 Grants provided to states to assi st producers having problems meeting credit obligations.  
Assistance must be provided through certified agricultural loan mediation program.  
   
(j) Environmental payments:  4,756  
   
Farm Service Agency (FSA)    
 Conservation Reserve Program  1,841 Soil e rosion reduction and other environmental benefits are addressed through 10 -year rental 
agreements to establish permanent cover crops on cropland.  
 Emergency Conservation Program  23 Assists in funding emergency conservation measures necessary to restore fa rmland damaged 
by natural disasters.  
 Conservation  loans 0 Loans are made to cover costs of implementing qualifying conservation projects. Reported 
expenditure is interest subsidy for direct and guaranteed loans. Authorized under the 2008 
Farm Act and imp lemented in 2010.  
 Voluntary  Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentives 
(VPA-WHIP)  18 Provides grants to State and tribal governments 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.  
   
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)    
 Agricultural Management Assistance Program  7 Provides cost -share assistance for conse rvation practices that improve water management, 
water  quality, and erosion control. Reauthorized under the 2008 Farm Act (PL 110 -246).  
 Conservation Stewardship Program5 1,151  Provides payments for structural and land management practices t hat address re source 
concerns. Authorized by 2008 Farm Act (PL 110 -246).  
 Grassland Reserve Program  1 Long-term contracts or easements to restore and conserve grassland. Reauthorized under the 
2008 Farm Act (PL 110 -246).  
 Wetland Reserve Program  62 Conservation and re storation 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 Program  10 Provides technical assista nce and cost -share assistance to landowners to develop habitat for 
upland wildlife, wetlands wildlife, endangered species, fish, and other wildlife.  Funds come 
from CCC under 5 -10 year contracts (Title III, Public Law 104 -127).  
 Farmland Protection Progra m 3 Conservation plans are made and easements purchased through State, tribe, or local 
government agencies to protect topsoil by limiting conversion to non -agricultural 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).   
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- 8 - Agency and programme, by measure and type  
(some agency names have changed)  Outlays  
(USD  million)1 Description of programme  
 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)  1,297  Encourages farmers and ranchers to adopt practices that reduce environmental 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 Program  5 The Agricultur al Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) is a voluntary conservation initiative that 
provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to implement agricultural 
water enhancement activities on agricultural land for the purposes of conserving  surface and 
ground water and improving water quality. Authorized by 2008 Farm Act (PL  110-246), the 
programme supersedes the Ground and Surface Water Protection Program.  
   
 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative  7 The programme assists producers in implem enting activities to improve water quality and 
quantity, and restore, enhance and preserve soil, air, and related resources in the Chesapeake 
Bay Watershed. Authorized by 2008 Farm Act (PL 110 -246).  
   
 Agriculture Conservation Easements Program (ACEP)  317 Combines the functions of the former Wetlands Reserve Program, the Grassland Reserve 
Program (easement portion), and the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program. The program 
provides financial and technical assistance to help conserve agricultural lands  and wetlands 
and their related benefits.  
 Regional Conservation Partnerships Program (RCPP)  2 Combines the authorities of four former conservation programs —the Agricultural Water 
Enhancement program, the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Program, the Cooperative 
Conservation Partnership Initiative, and the Great Lakes Basin Program. Promotes coordination 
between NRCS and its partners to deliver conservation assistance to producers and 
landowners on a regional or watershed scale. NRCS provides assistance to produce rs through 
partnership agreements and through program farmer cooperatives, water districts, municipal 
waste or wastewater treatments entities, higher education institutions, and organizations with 
a history of working cooperatively with producers, includin g non -profit organizations. 
Assistance is coordinated through RCPP but provided largely through other NRCS programs.  
Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS)    
 National Organic Certification Cost -Share Program  12 Assists certified organic operations in def raying the costs associated with organic certification. 
Organic operations may  receive up to 75 % of their certification costs.  
(k) Payments Under Regional Assistance  
Programmes : 0  
(l) Other:  0  
   
Grand Total:  124,483  
1 Unless otherwise specified, d ata are outlays for fiscal years. Outlays were excluded from domestic U.S. tables if not related directly to internal support  of production agriculture. 
Wages and salaries and administrative expenses were excluded except where such outlays reflect the leve l of services provided to agriculture.  
2 Includes an estimated USD 402 million for pest and disease management programmes . 
3 In providing technical assistance, USDA agencies explain and determine eligibility for conservation program mes, help develop indiv idual conservation plans, help install approved 
practices, provide information and educational assistance, and consult with universities and other government agencies. Begin ning in 2002, expenditures for technical assistance 
under most farm program mes tran sitioned from FSA to NRCS, leading to a change in accounting for technical assistance that was not immediately reflected in r eporting 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 program payments under Environmental Payments, leading to double -counting of NRCS technical assistance. Beginning in 2009, CRP technical assistance is reported  
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- 9 - separately under FSA, while NRCS general conservation technical assistance continues to be reported as part of Conservation Operations, and NRCS program payme nts continue 
to include some technical assistance expenditures.  
4 Derived as the difference between FSA farm loans and commercial i nterest 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 Program (CStP) superseded the Conservation Security Program (CSP) under the 2008 Farm  Act. The total reported for CStP includes expenditures 
on remaining CSP contracts.  
 
Public Law References : 
 
Public Law 103 -354, Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 4 October  1994).  
Public Law 104 -127, T he Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 ( 4 April 1996).  
Public Law 106 -224, Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000, Title I, Crop Insurance, Section 109, and Title III, Biomass Research and Deve lopment Act ( 22 June 2000).  
Public Law 1 07-171, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 13 May 2002).  
Public Law 108 -357, American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, Title II, Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 ( 22 October 2004).  
Public Law 110 -28, U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans ' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007 ( 25 May 2007).  
Public Law 110 -246, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( 18 June 2008).  
Public Law 111 -5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ( 17 February 2009)  
Public Law 113 -79, Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Act) ( 7 February 2014).   
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUP PORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
REPOR TING PERIOD: MARKETI NG YEAR 2014  
Calculation of the Current Total A ggregate Measurement of Support  
Descript ion of basic products (including non -
product specific AMS)  Calculated AMS  Value of production  Current Total AMS (aggregate)  
Amount1 5% of value of 
production  
USD million  USD million  USD million  USD million  
1 2 3 4 5 
Product - Specific AMS (from ST D S:5 to ST DS:7)      
Alfalfa seed  1.685  76.296  3.815  2 
Almonds  52.473  5,891.930  294.597  2 
Alpacas  0.001  50.616  2.531  2 
Apples  70.508  2,855.827  142.791  2 
Apricots  1.258  53.096  2.655  2 
Avocados  8.382  351.155  17.558  2 
Banana  0.062  11.808  0.590  2 
Barley  33.258  914.955  45.748  2 
Beans (fresh & processing)  2.877  423.354  21.168  2 
Beef cattle & calves  19.950  59,921.694  2,996.085  2 
Bison  0.014  278.077  13.904  2 
Blueberries  10.207  824.907  41.245  2 
Buckwheat  0.239  9.163  0.458  2 
Cabbage  1.552  416.303  20.815  2 
Canola  37.722  424.285  21.214  37.722  
Carambola  0.034  18.000  0.900  2 
Cherries  24.185  873.759  43.688  2 
Chickpeas  0.002  113.642  5.682  2 
Chile peppers  0.049  216.107  10.805  2 
Coffee  0.208  62.622  3.131  2 
Corn 2,256.057  52,951.760  2,647.588  2 
Cotton  956.408 6,162.848  308.142  956.408  
Cranberries  1.956  254.412  12.721  2 
Cucumbers  1.956  370.743  18.537  2  
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- 11 - Descript ion of basic products (including non -
product specific AMS)  Calculated AMS  Value of production  Current Total AMS (aggregate)  
Amount1 5% of value of 
production  
USD million  USD million  USD million  USD million  
Cultivated wild rice  0.579  104.060  5.203  2 
Dairy  14.170  49,589.494  2,479.475  2 
Deer (in captivity)  0.005  192.847  9.642  2 
Dry beans  49.171  896.295  44.815  49.171  
Dry peas  17.728   399.271  19.964  2 
Emus  0.018  4.414  0.221  2 
Figs 0.176  18.141  0.907  2 
Flaxseed  4.147  75.077  3.754  4.147  
Goats  0.181  443.875  22.194  2 
Grapefruit  8.387  241.686  12.084  2 
Grapes/raisins  49.149  5,818.678  290.934  2 
Grass seed  0.548  378.128  18.906  2 
Green peas  3.999  133.261  6.663  2 
Hay and forage  168.263  19,099.238  954.962  2 
Hogs and pigs  0.119  24,221.588  1,211.079  2 
Honey/apiculture  19.178  387.381  19.369  2 
Lemons/limes  4.248  641.259  32.063  2 
Lentils  0.007  111.541  5.577  2 
Livestock3 913.773  141,082.355  7,054.118  2 
Llamas  0.001  22.065  1.103  2 
Macadamia nuts  0.737  40.020  2.001  2 
Mango  0.010  2.100  0.105  2 
Millet  6.117  45.104  2.255  6.117  
Mint 0.648  186.341  9.317  2 
Mustard  0.339  10.089  0.504  2 
Nectarines  1.734  178.421  8.921  2 
Nursery  26.832  12,196.540  609.827  2 
Oats 5.628  241.472  12.074  2 
Olives  1.819  72.904  3.645  2 
Onions  26.304  892.325  44.616  2 
Oranges  40.052  2,254.303  112.715  2 
Orchards, vineyards, nursery4 12.264  27,599.919  1,379.996  2 
Papaya  0.007  11.285  0.564  2 
Peaches  14.006  629.134  31.457  2 
Peanuts  180.415  1,158.251  57.913  180.415  
Pears  1.393  457.146  22.857  2 
Pecans  8.982  516.591  25.830  2  
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- 12 - Descript ion of basic products (including non -
product specific AMS)  Calculated AMS  Value of production  Current Total AMS (aggregate)  
Amount1 5% of value of 
production  
USD million  USD million  USD million  USD million  
Peppers  2.414  626.089  31.304  2 
Pistachios  8.677  1,593.400  79.670  2 
Plums/prunes  11.149  343.187  17.159  2 
Popcorn  6.444  117.853  5.893  6.444  
Potatoes  67.664  3,928.211  196.411  2 
Poultry5 0.492  48,405.061  2,420.253  2 
Pumpkins  0.123  143.158  7.158  2 
Rice 74.501  3,075.618  153.781  2 
Rye 0.370  55.639  2.782  2 
Safflower  2.184  52.207  2.610  2 
Sesame  0.788  1.371  0.069  0.788  
Sheep and lambs  1.341  946.194  47.310  2 
Sorghum  139.370  1,721.330  86.067  139.370  
Soybeans  145.792  39,474.861  1,973.743  2 
Strawberries  0.012  2,821.854  141.093  2 
Sugar  1,468.028  2,492.232  124.612  1,468.028  
Sunflower  37.397  497.775  24.889  37.397  
Sweet corn  5.875 997.905  49.895  2 
Sweet potatoes  0.631  706.916  35.346  2 
Tangelos  0.932  9.839  0.492  0.932  
Tangerines/mandarins  10.041  557.357  27.868  2 
Tobacco  61.596  1,835.308  91.765  2 
Tomatoes  20.779  2,585.893  129.295  2 
Walnuts  7.591  1,841.100  92.055  2 
Wheat  922.986  11,914.954  595.748  922.986  
Wool 0.000  38.949  1.947  2 
Total 8,059.359    3,809.925  
Non-Product specific AMS  
(From Supporting Table DS:9 below)  5,532.507  405,646.295  20,282.315  2 
Total: Current total AMS     3,809.925 
1 Value of production from Nati onal Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) where available. For remaining commodities, value of production estimated from be st available sources, 
including cash receipts from Economic Research Service Farm Income Data, production/inventory and value of sa les from the Census of Agriculture, animal unit value data from 
Farm Service Agency, price data from State extension service bulletins, and price data from the Risk Management Agency.  
2 AMS IS NOT SUBJECT TO REDUCTION OR INCLUSION IN THE CURRENT AMS BECAU SE THE CALCULATED AMS IS LESS THAN 5 % OF VALUE OF PRODUCTION ( DE MINIMIS  
EXCLUSION).   
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- 13 - 3 Livestock category includes all species eligible for LFP program and livestock eligible for ELAP and LIP for which commodity specific data are not available and LIP: ca ttle & calves, 
sheep & lambs, poultry, swine, goats, llamas, alpacas, emus, deer, elk, reindeer, and equine. Value of production includes al l eligible species for which data are available (does 
not include reindeer).  
4 Orchards, vineyards, nursery categor y includes trees, bushes and vines eligible for TAP.  
5 Poultry category includes all poultry eligible for the LIP program: meat of broilers and other chickens, eggs, turkeys, ducks , other poultry (geese, Cornish hens). Value of 
production includes all eli gible species for which data are available (does not include Cornish hens).  
  
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- 14 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : UNITED STATES OF A MERICA  
REPORTING PER IOD: MARKETING YEAR 2014  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support  
Description of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Applied 
administered 
price  External 
reference price 
(generally from 
AGST)  Eligible 
production  Associated 
fees/levies  Total market 
price support  
 Note /Data 
Sources  
Type  From  To 
     USD/tonne  USD/tonne  million 
Tonnes  USD million  USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6) -7 9 
Sugar  MY 01-10-14 30-09-15 Price 
support/quota  413.36 7 230.824  7.853   1,433.433 1 
Total Sugar          1,433.433  
1 Reference price based on 1986 -88 average Caribbean p rice adjusted to include transportation costs of $28.66/ton (28.66 + 202.164 = 230.824).  Annual Caribbean pr ice is the 
simple average of 12  monthly prices.  Applied administered price is the announced loan rate for cane 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 2014 Farm Act (PL 
110-246). The OAQ sets the amount of sugar that may be marketed during any year, thereby determining the maximum amount of production eligible for price support.  Eligible 
production for 2014 is actual sugar production.   
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- 15 - Supporting Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UN ITED STATES OF AMERI CA 
REPORTING PERI OD: MARKETING YEAR  2014 
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Supp ort: Non -Exempt Direct Payments  
Description of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Applied 
administered 
price  External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST)  Eligible 
production  Total price 
related direct 
payments  
 Other non 
exempt direct 
payments  Associated 
fees/levies  Total direct 
payment  
 New 
Note s/Data  
Sources  
Type  From  To 
     USD USD  USD million  USD million  USD 
million  USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6)  8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Alpacas  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock indemnity 
payments (LIP)      0.001    (2) 
           0.001   
Barley  MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 ARC payments on 
generic base      0.021   (3) 
           0.021   
Beef cattle & calves  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livesto ck indeminity 
payments (LIP)      18.956    (2) 
           18.956   
Bison  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock indemnity 
payments (LIP)      0.014    (2) 
           0.014   
Canola  MY 01-07-14 30-06-15 ARC payments on 
generic base      0.081   (3) 
Canola  MY 01-07-14 31-12-14 PLC payments on 
generic base      0.182   (3) 
    Total      0.262  0.262  
Chickpeas  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 ARC payments on 
generic base      0.000   (3) 
           0.00  
Corn MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 ARC payments on 
generic base      39.851    (3) 
           39.851    
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- 16 - Description of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Applied 
administered 
price  External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST)  Eligible 
production  Total price 
related direct 
payments  
 Other non 
exempt direct 
payments  Associated 
fees/levies  Total direct 
payment  
 New 
Note s/Data  
Sources  
Type  From  To 
     USD USD  USD million  USD million  USD 
million  USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6)  8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Cotton  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Marketing loan gains      198.59 8   (1) 
Cotton  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Loan deficiency 
payments      173.107    (1) 
    Total      371.70 4  371.70 4  
Dairy  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Dairy indemnities      1.100    
Dairy  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Dairy market loss 
payment (MILC)      5.665     
Dairy  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock indemnity 
payments (LIP)      2.438    (2) 
    Total      9.203   9.203   
Deer (in captivity)  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock indemnity 
payments (LIP)      0.005   (2) 
           0.005   
Emus  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock indemnity 
payments (LIP)      0.018    (2) 
           0.018   
Goats  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock indemnity 
payments (LIP)      0.181   (2) 
           0.181   
Hogs and pigs  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock indemnity 
payments (LIP)      0.110    (2) 
           0.110  
Honey/apiculture  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Emergency livestock 
assistance (ELAP)      10.421    (3) 
           10.421   
Livestock  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Emergency livestock 
assistance (EL AP)     5.366   (3) 
Livestock  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock forage 
payments (LFP)      908.407    (5) 
    Total      913.773   913.773   
Llamas  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock indemnity 
payments (LIP)      0.001    (2) 
           0.001   
Oats MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 ARC payments on 
generic base      0.053    (4) 
           0.053    
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- 17 - Description of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Applied 
administered 
price  External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST)  Eligible 
production  Total price 
related direct 
payments  
 Other non 
exempt direct 
payments  Associated 
fees/levies  Total direct 
payment  
 New 
Note s/Data  
Sources  
Type  From  To 
     USD USD  USD million  USD million  USD 
million  USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6)  8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Orchards, 
vineyards, nursery  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Tree assistance (TAP)      12.26 4   (6) 
           12.264   
Peanuts  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Marketing loan gains      16.442    (1) 
Peanuts  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 ARC payments on 
generic base      0.024    (3) 
Peanuts  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 PLC payments on 
generic base      87.222    (3) 
    Total      103.689   103.689   
Poultry  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock indemnity 
payments (LIP)      0.492   (2) 
           0.492   
Rice MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 PLC payments on 
generic base      13.79 2   (3) 
           13.792   
Sheep and lambs  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock indemnity 
payments (LIP)      0.800   (2) 
           0.800  
Sorghum  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 ARC pa yments on 
generic base      1.216    (3) 
           1.216   
Soybeans  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 ARC payments on 
generic base      3.894    (3) 
           3.894   
Sunflower  MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 ARC payments on 
generic base      0.009   (3) 
           0.009   
Wheat  MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 ARC payments on 
generic base      2.551    (3) 
           2.551   
All Commodities  
(before  de 
minimis ) MY 2014 Total      
1,503.281   
1,503.281  
 
(1) Marketing loan gains, loan deficiency payments, and forfeitures constitute benefits unde r the Marketing Assistance Loan Program (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, peanuts, oilseeds (which in clude canola, crambe, flaxseed, mustard seed, 
rapeseed, safflower, sesame seed, and sunflower seed), dry peas, honey, lentils, mohair, small and large chickpeas, and wool.    
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- 18 - (2) Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) payments were reauthorized by the 2014 Farm A ct. LIP provides payments to eligible producers for livestock death losses in excess of normal mor tality due to 
adverse weather.  
(3) Under the 2014 Farm Act, historical cotton base acres were designated "generic base acres" and producers are eligible for payments, when triggered, under either the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) 
or the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program if they plant a covered commodity (wheat, feed grains, soybeans, peanuts, other oils eeds, rice, and pulses) on those generic base acres. ARC -CO provides 
payments when county -level revenue is less than the guarantee, which is 86 % of the benchmark revenue for the covered commodity. PLC provides payments when the national price as defined in 
legislation is less than the statutory reference price for that commodity. Producers on farms with generic base acres were required to elect either ARC or PLC for their generic bas e, which election remains 
up to and including the 2018 crop year. Pursuant to Section 1116(e) and Section 1117(f) of the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79), any ARC or PLC payments, shall be made on no earlier than 1 October after 
the end of the applicable marketing year for the covered commodity. All ARC and PLC payments in this notification were made a fter 1 October 2015.  
(4) Emergency Live stock Assistance Program (ELAP) payments were reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Act. ELAP provides emergency relief to eligible p roducers of livestock, honey bees, and farm -raised fish 
for losses due to disease, adverse weather, or other conditions not covered  by other Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance programs. Data indicating the share of payments going to different 
categories of eligible livestock is not available except for honeybees and farm -raised fish (not reported here).  
(5) Livestock Forag e Disaster Program (LFP) payments were reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Act. LFP provides payments to eligible producers of cove red livestock for grazing losses due to drought or fire 
(on public managed land). Data indicating the share of payments going to di fferent categories of eligible livestock is not available.  
(6) Tree Assistance Program (TAP) payments were reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Act. TAP provides assistance to eligible orchardist s and nursery tree growers to replant or rehabilitate eligible tree s, 
bushes and vines damaged by natural disasters. Data indicating the share of payments going to different categories of eligibl e trees, bushes and vines is not available.  
 
Public Law References:  
 
Public Law 113 -79, Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Act ) (7 February 2014).   
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- 19 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUP PORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2014  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support  and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description of ba sic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  New 
notes/Data 
Sources  
Type  From  To 
     USD million  USD million   USD million  USD million  USD million  USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Alfalfa seed  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Crop insurance 
premi um subsidy  1.685        (1) 
    Total     1.685    1.685   
Almonds  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  52.473        (1) 
    Total     52.473    52.473   
Alpacas           0.001  0.001   
Apples  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  70.508        (1) 
    Total     70.508    70.508   
Apricots  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  1.258        (1) 
    Total     1.258    1.258   
Avocados  MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  8.382        (1) 
    Total     8.382    8.382  
Banana  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.062        (1) 
    Total     0.062    0.062   
Barley  MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  0.187        (2) 
 MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  33.087        (1) 
    Total        33.274   0.037  33.237   0.021  33.258  (3)  
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- 20 - Description of ba sic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  New 
notes/Data 
Sources  
Type  From  To 
     USD million  USD million   USD million  USD million  USD million  USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Beans (fresh & 
processing)  MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  2.877        (1) 
    Total     2.877    2.877   
Beef cattle & calves  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock insurance 
premium s ubsidy  0.994       (1) 
    Total     0.994   18.956  19.95 0  
Bison           0.014  0.014   
Blueberries  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  10.207        (1) 
    Total     10.207    10.207   
Buckwheat  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.239        (1) 
    Total     0.239    0.239   
Cabbage  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  1.552        (1) 
    Total     1.552    1.552   
Canola  MY 01-07-14 30-06-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  0.101        (2) 
Canola  MY 01-07-14 30-06-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  37.388        (1) 
    Total        37.489   0.03 37.459   0.262 37.722  (3) 
Carambola  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.034        (1) 
    Total     0.034    0.034   
Cherries  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  24.185        (1) 
    Total     24.185    24.185   
Chickpeas  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  0.003       (2) 
    Total          0.003  0.001  0.002   0.000 0.002   
Chile peppers  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance  
premium subsidy  0.049       (1) 
    Total     0.049    0.049   
Coffee  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.208       (1) 
    Total     0.208    0.208    
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- 21 - Description of ba sic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  New 
notes/Data 
Sources  
Type  From  To 
     USD million  USD million   USD million  USD million  USD million  USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Corn MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  22.295        (2) 
Corn MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  2,199.422        (1) 
    Total   2,221.718   5.511  2,216.206   39.851  2,256.057  (3) 
Cotton  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  19.019        (2) 
Cotton  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Forfeiture benefits  0.000        
Cotton  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Storage forgiven  38.049         
Cotton  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  489.99 9       (1) 
Cotton  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Upland cotton EAA  48.363         
    Total      595.430   10.726  584.70 4  371.70 4 956.4 08 (3) 
Cranberries  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  1.956        (1) 
    Total     1.956   1.956  
Cucumbers  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  1.956        (1) 
    Total     1.956   1.956  
Cultivated wild rice  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.579       (1) 
    Total     0.579    0.579   
Dairy  MY 01-10-14 30-09-15 Livestock insurance 
premium subsidy  4.967       (1) 
    Total     4.967   9.203  14.17 0  
Deer (in captivity)           0.005  0.005   
Dry beans  MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 Crop insurance 
subsidy  49.17 1       (1) 
    Total     49.171    49.171   
Dry peas  MY 01-07-14 30-06-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  0.055         
Dry peas  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  17.682        (1) (4) 
    Total        17.736   0.008  17.72 8   17.72 8 (3) 
Emus           0.018  0.018    
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- 22 - Description of ba sic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  New 
notes/Data 
Sources  
Type  From  To 
     USD million  USD million   USD million  USD million  USD million  USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Figs MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.176        (1) 
    Total     0.176    0.176   
Flaxseed  MY 01-07-14 30-06-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  0.001        (2) 
Flaxseed  MY 01-07-14 30-06-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  4.147        (1) 
    Total  4.148   0.001  4.147    4.147  (3) 
Goats           0.181  0.181   
Grapefruit  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  8.387       (1) 
    Total     8.387    8.387   
Grapes/raisins  MY 01-05-14 30-04-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  49.14 9       (1) 
    Total     49.149    49.149   
Grass seed  MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.548        (1) 
    Total     0.548    0.548   
Green peas  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  3.999       (1) 
    Total     3.999    3.999   
Hay and forage  MY 01-05-14 30-04-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  168.263        (1) 
    Total     168.263    168.263   
Hogs and pigs  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock insu rance 
premium subsidy  0.009        (1) 
    Total     0.009   0.110 0.119  
Honey/apiculture  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  0.074        (2) 
Honey/apiculture  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  8.701        (1) 
    Total  8.775   0.019 8.757  10.421  19.17 8 (3) 
Lemons/limes  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  4.248        (1) 
    Total     4.248    4.248    
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- 23 - Description of ba sic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  New 
notes/Data 
Sources  
Type  From  To 
     USD million  USD million   USD million  USD million  USD million  USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Lentils  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  0.011        (1) 
    Total         0.011   0.004 0.007    0.007   
Livestock           913.773  913.773   
Llamas           0.001  0.001   
Macadamia nuts  MY 01-07-14 30-06-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.737        (1) 
    Total     0.737    0.737   
Mango  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.010       (1) 
    Total     0.010   0.010  
Millet  MY 01-10-14 30-09-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  6.117        (1) 
    Total     6.117    6.117   
Mint MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.648        (1) 
    Total     0.648    0.648   
Mustard MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.339       (1) 
    Total     0.339    0.339   
Nectarines  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  1.734       (1) 
    Total     1.734    1.734   
Nursery  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance  
premium subsidy  26.832        (1) 
    Total     26.832    26.832   
Oats MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  0.010        (2) 
Oats MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  5.568        (1) 
    Total          5.579   0.003  5.576  0.053 5.628  (3) 
Olives  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  1.819       (1) 
    Total     1.819    1.819    
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- 24 - Description of ba sic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  New 
notes/Data 
Sources  
Type  From  To 
     USD million  USD million   USD million  USD million  USD million  USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Onions  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  26.304        (1) 
    Total     26.304    26.304   
Oranges  MY 01-11-14 30-10-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  40.052        (1) 
    Total     40.052    40.052   
Orchards, vineyards, 
nursery           12.264  12.264   
Papaya  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.007        (1) 
    Total     0.007    0.007   
Peaches  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  14.006        (1) 
    Total     14.006    14.006   
Peanuts  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  9.223       (2) 
Peanuts  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Forfeiture benefits  17.23 5       (2) 
Peanuts  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Storage forgiven  15.819         
Peanuts  MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  38.206        (1) 
    Total       80.483   3.756  76.727   103.689  180.41 5 (3) 
Pears  MY 01-07-14 30-06-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  1.393        (1) 
    Total     1.393    1.393   
Pecans  MY 01-10-14 30-09-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  8.982        (1) 
    Total     8.982    8.982   
Peppers  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  2.414        (1) 
    Total     2.414    2.414   
Pistachios  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  8.677        (1) 
    Total     8.677    8.677   
Plums/prunes  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  11.149        (1) 
    Total     11.149    11.149    
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- 25 - Description of ba sic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  New 
notes/Data 
Sources  
Type  From  To 
     USD million  USD million   USD million  USD million  USD million  USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Popcorn  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Crop insurance 
premium  subsidy  6.444        (1) 
    Total     6.444    6.444   
Potatoes  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  67.66 4       (1) 
    Total     67.664    67.664   
Poultry           0.492  0.492   
Pumpkins  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.123        (1) 
    Total     0.123    0.123   
Rice MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  4.721        (2) 
Rice MY 01-08-14 31-07-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  57.36 6       (1) 
    Total  62.087   1.377  60.709  13.792  74.50 1 (3) 
Rye MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.370        (1) 
    Total     0.370   0.370  
Safflower  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  2.184       (1) 
    Total     2.184    2.184   
Sesame  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Crop insurance 
premium sub sidy 0.788        (1) 
    Total     0.788    0.788   
Sheep and lambs  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Livestock insurance 
premium subsidy  0.542       (1) 
    Total     0.542   0.800 1.341  
Sorghum  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  0.038       (2) 
Sorghum  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  138.12 3       (1) 
    Total  138.160   0.007  138.154   1.216  139.37 0 (3)  
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products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  New 
notes/Data 
Sources  
Type  From  To 
     USD million  USD million   USD million  USD million  USD million  USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Soybeans  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  4.675       (2) 
Soybeans  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  139.227        (1) 
    Total  143.902   2.004  141.898   3.894  145.792 (3) 
Strawberries  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.012        (1) 
    Total     0.012    0.012   
Sugar  MY 01-10-14 30-09-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  11.847       (2) 
Sugar  MY 01-10-14 30-09-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  26.98 1       (1) 
    Total  38.827  4.232  34.59 5 1,433.433  1,468.028 (3) 
Sunflower  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  0.076        (2) 
Sunflower  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  37.34 5       (1) 
    Total  37.421   0.034  37.388   0.009  37.397  (3) 
Sweet corn  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  5.875        (1) 
    Total     5.875    5.875   
Sweet potatoes  MY 01-07-14 30-06-15 Crop in surance 
premium subsidy  0.631        (1) 
    Total     0.631    0.631   
Tangelos  MY 01-10-14 30-09-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.932        (1) 
    Total     0.932    0.932   
Tangerines/mandarins  MY 01-10-14 30-09-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  10.04 1       (1) 
    Total     10.041    10.041   
Tobacco  MY 01-10-14 30-09-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  61.596        (1) 
    Total     61.596    61.596   
Tomatoes  MY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  20.779        (1) 
    Total     20.779    20.779   
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products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  New 
notes/Data 
Sources  
Type  From  To 
     USD million  USD million   USD million  USD million  USD million  USD million   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Walnuts  MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  7.591        (1) 
    Total     7.591    7.591   
Wheat  MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  2.380       (2) 
Wheat  MY 01-06-14 31-05-15 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  918.72 1       (1) 
    Total  921.101   0.666  920.435   2.551  922.986  (3) 
Wool MY 01-09-14 30-08-15 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  0.000        (1) 
    Total  0.000   0.000 0.000   0.000  
All commodities  
(before de minimis )  2014  Total  5,151.061 0.000  28.416  5,122.6 45 1,433.433  1,503.281  8,059.359   
(1) Includes premium subsidies for all crop insurance policy types purchased by producers. Producers may choose one of the variou s 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. The 2014 
Farm Act authorized two new crop insurance program mes: the Supplemental Coverage Option  (SCO) and the Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX). Producers who did not elect to participate in the 
Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) program are eligible to supplement existing crop yield or revenue insurance plans with SCO po licies. SCO policies may be  purchased to cover up to 86 % of historical 
average yield or expected revenue at the county -level. Upland cotton producers are eligible to purchase STAX policies with or without underlying crop insurance policies. STA X polices provide coverage for 
up to 20 % of the expected area (county or group of counties) revenue. Loss payments are made when area revenue falls below 70 -90% of the expected level, depending on the coverage level the 
producer selects and any underlying revenue policy. The contracted -for insu rance premiums for both SCO and STAX are subsidized.  
(2) Interest subsidies constitute a benefit under the Marketing Assistance Loan Program. Covered commodities include corn, soybea ns, wheat, rice (both medium and long -grain), upland cotton, barley, 
grain sorghum, oats, peanuts, oilseeds (which include canola, crambe, flaxseed, mustard seed, rapeseed, safflower, sesame seed, a nd sunflower seed), dry peas, honey, lentils, mohair, small and large 
chickpeas, and wool. Only commodities for which there were be nefits in the reporting year are included in the notification, unless the commodity is included on the basis of other support .  
(3) Fees/levies include loan origination and related fees for most loan commodities.  
(4) Dry peas crop insurance premium subsid y includes chickpeas and lentils, which are combined with dry peas for crop insurance.  
 
Public Law References:  
 
Public Law 113 -79, Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Act) ( 7 February 2014).  
  
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DOMESTIC SUP PORT : UNITED STATES OF A MERICA 
REPORTING PERDIO: MARKETING YEAR 2014 
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  
 (USD million ) (USD million)  (USD million)  (USD million)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 
    (2+3-4)  
Irrigation on Bureau 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 
Governm ent in irrigation facilities to obtain the subsidy.  Irrigators repay 
the principal but not the interest on the project debt.  Projects in 17 Western 
States:   140.063   140.063 
Net Federal budget 
outlays for grazing 
livestock on Federal Land  69.241   19.415  49.826  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 Management (BLM).  The net budget outlays include (as 
negative outlays) the receipts for fees paid  by livestock producers, but 
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.  
Adjusted gross revenue 
insurance (premium 
subsidies) (crop year)  10.606    10.606  Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) and AGR -Lite policies insure revenue of 
the entire farm rather than an individual crop by guaranteeing a 
percentage of average gross farm revenue, including a sm all amount of 
livestock revenue. The policies use information from a producer's 
Schedule F tax forms, and current year expected farm revenue, to 
calculate policy revenue guarantee.   
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- 29 - 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  
 (USD million ) (USD million)  (USD million)  (USD million)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 
Agriculture Risk Coverage, 
county -based (ARC -CO) 4,485.875    4,485.875  The 2014 Farm Act offered operators and owners of farms with historical 
base acres of covered commodities (wheat, feed grains, soybeans, 
peanuts, other oilseeds, rice, and pulses) the opportunity to elect one of 
three new programs, Price Loss Coverage (PLC), County Agriculture Risk 
Coverage (ARC -CO), or Individual Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC -IC). 
ARC-CO and PLC could be elected separately for the base acres for each 
covered commodity on a farm. No production is required to receive an 
ARC-CO or PLC payment, if triggered. ARC -CO provides payments when 
county -level revenue is less than the guarantee, which is 86 % of the 
benchmark revenue for the covered commodity. PLC provides payments 
when the national price as defined in legislation is less than the 
statutory  reference price for that commodity. In both cases, payments, 
if triggered, are made on 85 % of base acres of the covered commodity.   
If a producer elected ARC -IC, such election automatically covered all 
base acres on the farm. ARC -IC provides payments when  a farm's total 
revenue for all covered commodities on the farm is less than that farm's 
revenue guarantee, which is 86 % of the benchmark revenue. The 
ARC-IC benchmark is the weighted 5 -year average of the revenues for 
all covered commodities planted on th e farm. If a payment  is triggered, 
it is made on 65% of the farm’s total base acres.  
Pursuant to Section 1116(e) and Section 1117(f) of the 2014 Farm Act 
(PL 113 -79), any ARC or PLC payments shall be made on no earlier than 
October 1, after the end of the applicable marketing year for the 
covered commodity. ARC and PLC payments in this notification were 
made after 1 October 2015.  Price Loss Coverage (PLC)  773.769    773.769  
Agriculture Risk Coverage, 
individual farm (ARC -IC) 
(crop year data are used)  30.027   30.027  
Farm storage facility loans  5.259    5.259  Provides low -cost financing for farmers to build or upgrade on -farm 
grain storage and handling facilities. The program is authorized under 
the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act of 1949. It was 
discontinued in the early 1980s and re -established in FY2000.  
Biomass crop assistance 
program  0.082    0.082  Provides financial assistance to producers or entities that deliver eligible 
biomass material to designated biomass conversion facilities for use a s 
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 America 
Program  
(former ly Renewable 
Energy Program)  35.000    35.000  Provides direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants to farmers, ranchers, 
and small rural businesses to purchase renewable energy systems and 
make energy efficiency improvements. Reauthorized by the 2008 Farm 
Act (PL 110 -246).   
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- 30 - 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  
 (USD million ) (USD million)  (USD million)  (USD million)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 
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 commodities Samoa, the Northern M ariana 
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:  5,411.859  140.063  19.415  5,532.507  AMS IS NOT SUBJECT TO REDUCTION B ECAUSE THE TOTAL IS LESS 
THAN 5% OF VALUE OF PRODUCTI ON OF U.S. AGRICULTU RE 
(0.05*$405,646 MIL. = $20,282 MIL. IN 20 14) 
Public Law References:  
 
Public Law 107 -171, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (13 May 2002).  
Public Law 11 0-246, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (18 June 2008).  
Public Law 113 -79, Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Act) (7 February 2014).  
 
 
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