AGENT AGREEMENT

This agreement made by and entered into between Commodity Credit Corporation

1. AGENT NAME (hereinafter referred

, a corporate agency of the 

United States (hereinafter referred to as CCC) and

 

 to as the AGENT) and 

 

2. WAREHOUSE NAME 3. STORAGE AGREEMENT NUMBER 4. WAREHOUSE CODE NUMBER 

(hereinafter referred to as the WAREHOUSE) (If multiple codes, attach a list.) 

1. This agreement shall apply to requests by the AGENT to CCC to amend or terminate the Storage Agreement or for a Successor’s 

Agreement. The AGENT is authorized to request additions or changes to the Schedule of Rates and to negotiate rates with CCC. 

Upon request, contract documents may be sent to the AGENT or the WAREHOUSE for completion; however, all contract documents 

must be signed by a representative of the WAREHOUSE.

2. This agreement shall apply to offers by the AGENT to CCC to buy or exchange (exchange certificates) for CCC-owned commodities 

and to make contracts to buy or exchange CCC-owned commodities in the name of the WAREHOUSE.

3. This agreement shall apply to CCC loading orders (including shipping instructions for the shipment of farm storage CCC-owned

commodity). The AGENT and the WAREHOUSE shall make arrangements necessary for these shipments according to the terms of 

this agreement. 

4. A copy of the CCC loading order will be sent to the WAREHOUSE. The original loading order and warehouse receipts will be sent to 

the AGENT. Handling-Only loading orders will be sent to the WAREHOUSE and a copy to the AGENT. The WAREHOUSE is not 

authorized to ship CCC-interest commodity without written shipping instructions from CCC. All such commodity shall be shipped as 

prescribed in the loading order instructions. 

5. The WAREHOUSE or AGENT shall deliver to CCC, promptly after each car has been shipped, the original and one copy of each bill 

of lading and the original and one copy of the origin inspection certificate when applicable. Agents serving country warehouses 

receiving CCC-owned commodities must promptly submit to CCC appropriate documentation according to the loading order 

instructions and the Storage Agreement. CCC will make final settlement with the WAREHOUSE, in accordance with the terms of the

Storage Agreement.

6. No substitution of cars of CCC-owned commodity, shipped by the WAREHOUSE against loading orders issued by CCC, shall be 

made by WAREHOUSE or AGENT while in route to or after arrival at destination unless authorized by CCC. Rejection/notification 

of shipments will be made, per the Storage Agreement, to the AGENT.

7. All commissions, fees, or other charges made by the AGENT for services performed under this agreement shall be paid by the 

WAREHOUSE and no charges of any kind shall be made against CCC.

8. This agreement in no way limits the responsibilities of the WAREHOUSE under the Storage Agreement, any contract to buy CCCowned commodity, or any agreement to exchange CCC-owned commodity for certificates. Obligations of the before-mentioned 

agreements shall continue in full force and effect. The WAREHOUSE and AGENT shall be jointly and severally liable for any claim 

that may arise against the AGENT in favor of CCC because of transactions under this agreement. 

9. 

WAREHOUSE:

This agreement may be canceled by any party hereto upon the giving of written or faxed notice to the other parties: provided that all 

transactions with respect to any loading order issued before such receipt of cancellation shall be completed under the terms hereof.

AGENT:

 

5A. (Name of Company) 6A. (Name of Company) 

 

5B. (City, State, ZIP Code) 6B. (City, State, ZIP Code) 

5C.

By 

6C.

By 

5D.

Title 

6D.

Title 

7A. CCC: 7B. EFFECTIVE DATE:

 

(Contracting Officer) 

KC-1230 (1-08-07)

See reverse for 

Privacy Act, 

Public Burden, and 

Nondiscrimination 

Statements. 

United States 

Department of 

Agriculture 

Farm and Foreign 

Agricultural Services 

Commodity 

Credit 

Corporation 

Kansas City 

Commodity Office 

P.O. Box 419205 

Kansas City, 

Missouri 

64141-6205 
KC-1230 (REVERSE) 

PRIVACY ACT AND PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENTS 

The following statements are made in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 

552a) and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as amended. The authority for 

requesting the following information is 15 U.S.C. 714 and regulations promulgated 

thereunder (7 CFR Parts 1421 and 1403). Furnishing the information is optional and it will 

be used to complete the terms of a contract between the warehouse operator and CCC. 

This information may be provided to other agencies, Internal Revenue Service, 

Department of Justice, or other State and Federal law enforcement agencies, and in 

response to a court magistrate or administrative tribunal. The provisions of criminal and 

civil fraud statutes, including 18 U.S.C. 286, 287, 371, 641, 1001, 1014; 15 U.S.C. 714m; 

and 31 U.S.C. 3729, may be applicable to the information provided.

The authority for collecting the following information is Public Law 107-171. This authority 

allows for the collection of information without prior OMB approval mandated by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The time required to complete this information 

collection is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing 

instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, 

and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

 NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its program and 

activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, 

sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic 

information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is 

derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all 

programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET 

Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of Discrimination, write to 

USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 

20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider and employer.