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Instructions For FSA-524

EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM (ERP) 2022 TRACK 2 APPLICATION

This form will be used for producers to apply for ERP 2022 Track 2 benefits.

Submit the original completed form to the appropriate USDA servicing office. This form is to be

filed in the Recording County Office: https://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app

Customers who have established electronic access credentials with USDA may 

electronically transmit this form to the USDA servicing office, provided that (1) the 

customer submitting the form is the only person required to sign the transaction, or (2) the 

customer has an approved Power of Attorney (Form FSA-211) on file with USDA to sign 

for other customers for the program and type of transaction represented by this form.

Features for transmitting the form electronically are available to those customers with 

access credentials only. If you would like to establish online access credentials with USDA, 

follow the instructions provided at the USDA eForms web site.

https://forms.sc.egov.usda.gov/eForms/welcomeAction.do?Home

Producers must complete Items 10-16, and 22A – 22C.

FSA will complete fields noted as “FSA Use Only”.

Item No. /

Field Name Instruction

Items 1 – 4 - FSA Use Only

1

Recording State/Name 

Code

(FSA Use Only)

Enter the producer’s recording state and code.

2

Recording County 

Name/Code

(FSA Use Only)

Enter the producer’s recording county and code.

3

Program Year

(FSA Use Only)

Enter the 2022 program year. 

4

Application 

Number

(FSA Use Only)

Application Number will be assigned by automated system.
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Item No. /

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Part A - Producer Agreement

Producer Agreement For informational purposes: 

Producers agree to provide all information required or requested by FSA 

for program participation in ERP 2022 Track 2. In addition, producers 

agree that they experienced a decrease in disaster year revenue due to 

necessary expenses related to losses of eligible crops due in whole or in 

part to a qualifying disaster event that occurred in the 2022 calendar year. 

Part B - Producer Information - Items 5-9 (FSA Use Only)

5

Producer’s Name 

(Person or Legal Entity) 

(FSA Use Only)

Enter the producer or legal entity’s full name.

6

Address

(FSA Use Only)

6A Enter Address Line 1.

6B Enter Address Line 2, if applicable.

6C Enter City.

6D Enter State.

6E Enter Zip Code.

7

Information Line 

(FSA Use Only)

Enter additional information, if applicable.

8

Primary Phone Number 

(Include Area Code) 

(FSA Use Only)

8A Enter primary phone number and indicate home or cell.

8B Enter alternate phone number, indicate home or cell (optional entry).

9

Email Address

(FSA Use Only)

Enter producer’s email address (optional entry).
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Part C – 2022 Disaster Year Revenue Certification - Items 10-16

10

Benchmark Year Check (✓) one of the following options intended to represent a typical year of

revenue for the operation:

• 2018 Tax year: Allows the use of tax records to find information needed 

to calculate allowable gross revenue for the 2018 tax year similar to the 

process that was used in the previous ERP Phase 2.

• 2019 Tax year: Allows the use of tax records to find information needed 

to calculate allowable gross revenue for the 2019 tax year similar to the 

process that was used in the previous ERP Phase 2.

The tax year option must be selected if you received payment for the 2021 

disaster year under the previous ERP Phase 2 and chose 2022 as the 

representative revenue year.

• Expected: Allows the use of expected revenue from all eligible crops that 

could have been affected by a qualifying disaster event in calendar year 

2022, including crops prevented from being planted, crops in storage, and 

planted crops (including inventory and perennial crops) based on realistic 

projections to represent a typical year of revenue without losses due to 

disaster events. 

The expected revenue option must be selected if you:

• Do not have revenue in the 2018 or 2019 tax years, or 

• Experienced an increase or decrease in your operation capacity in 

the 2022 disaster year as compared to the 2018 or 2019 tax years, 

or

• Do not have revenue directly from the sale of an eligible crop, due 

to a producer’s ordinary operation (such as forage crops grown and 

fed to livestock on the farm).

11

Benchmark Year 

Revenue

Enter the revenue for the benchmark year option selected in Item 10.

The FSA-524 Appendix provides guidance for determining allowable gross 

revenue if the tax year option was selected and guidance for determining expected

revenue if the expected option was selected.

An optional FSA-524-A worksheet and the automated ERP 2022 Application 

Tool is available at https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/emergencyrelief/index to aid in the calculation of allowable gross revenue if the 2018 or 

2019 tax year option was selected. 

An optional FSA-524-B worksheet and the automated ERP 2022 Application 

Tool is available at https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-andservices/emergency-relief/indexto aid in the calculation of benchmark year 
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revenue if the expected revenue option was selected.

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12

Representative Revenue 

Year

Check (✓) one of the following options intended to represent the disaster year

revenue for the operation:

• Tax year: If the tax year option was selected in the benchmark year in 

Item 10, then either the 2022 or 2023 tax year must be used as the 

representative revenue year.

The 2023 tax year must be selected if you received payment for the 2021 

disaster year under the previous ERP Phase 2 and chose 2022 as the 

representative revenue year.

• Actual: If the expected option was selected in the benchmark year in Item 

10, then actual disaster year revenue received for all eligible crops that 

were included in the expected revenue calculation must be used in the 

representative disaster year.

13

Disaster Year Revenue

Enter the Disaster Year Revenue for the option selected in Item 12. 

• If you selected the tax year option enter the allowable gross revenue that 

was determined for the 2022 or 2023 tax year. An optional FSA-524-A

worksheet and the automated ERP 2022 Application Tool is available at

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/emergency-relief/index to 

aid in the calculation of disaster year revenue if the tax year option was 

selected. 

• If you selected actual enter all revenue received, as well as determined crop 

value for eligible crops that could have been affected by a qualifying 

disaster event in calendar year 2022. An optional FSA-524-B worksheet

and the automated ERP 2022 Application Tool is available at

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/emergency-relief/index to 

aid in the calculation of benchmark year revenue if the expected revenue 

option was selected.
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Item No. /

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14

% of Expected 

Revenue from 

Specialty & High 

Value Crops

Enter the percentage of expected revenue for the 2022 disaster year that would 

have reasonably been derived from specialty and high value crops, absent any 

qualifying disaster event, if applicable. 

Note: Producers that selected the tax year revenue method will base this 

percentage off expected revenue for the 2022 disaster year prior to the 

qualifying disaster event occurring.

Specialty crops are fruits, tree nuts, vegetables, culinary herbs and spices, 

medicinal plants, and nursery, floriculture, and horticulture crops. This includes 

common specialty crops identified by the Agricultural Marketing Service at 

https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/scbgp/specialty-crop and other crops 

as designated by the Deputy Administrator.

High value crops are any eligible crop not specifically identified as a specialty

crop or other crop; and any eligible crop, regardless of whether it is identified 

as a specialty crop or other crop if the crop is a direct market, organic crop, or a 

crop grown for a specific market in which specialized products can be sold 

resulting in an increased value compared to the typical market for the crops (for 

example, soybeans intended for tofu production), as determined by the Deputy 

Administrator.

Note: The sum of Items 14 and 15 must equal 100 percent.

15

% of Expected Revenue 

from Other Crops

Enter the percentage of expected revenue for the 2022 disaster year that would 

have reasonably been derived from other crops (not specialty or high value 

crops), absent any qualifying disaster event. 

Note: Producers that selected the tax year revenue method will base this 

percentage off expected revenue for the 2022 disaster year prior to the 

qualifying disaster event occurring.

Other crops are cotton, peanuts, rice, feedstock, and any crop grown with an 

intended use of grain, silage, or forage, unless the crop meets the requirements 

of high value crop. Other crops also include eligible crops with an intended use 

other than grain, silage or forage that do not meet the requirements of specialty 

or high value (for example, canola with an intended use of processing). 

Note: The sum of Items 14 and 15 must equal 100 percent.

16

Were All Eligible Crops 

Insured or Covered by 

NAP?

Check () Yes, if all eligible crops and acreage were covered by crop 

insurance or NAP during the applicable growing season.

Note: All eligible crops in storage must have been insured at the time the 

crop was grown. For example, a grain bin may contain corn from both the 

2021 and 2022 crop years. To be considered insured all the corn must have 

been insured in 2021 and in 2022 growing season. 

Check () No, if all eligible crops were not covered by crop insurance or

NAP during the applicable growing season.
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Part C – 2022 Disaster Year Revenue Certification - Items 17-21 (FSA Use Only) 

17

COC Adjusted 

Benchmark Year Revenue

(FSA Use Only)

An entry is only required when COC determines the value of the benchmark 

year revenue is different from what is certified by the producer in Item 11.

18

COC Adjusted Disaster 

Year Revenue

(FSA Use Only)

An entry is only required when COC determines the value of the disaster 

year revenue is different from what is certified by the producer in Item 13.

19

COC Adjusted % of 

Expected Revenue from 

Specialty & High Value 

Crops

(FSA Use Only)

An entry is only required when COC determines the value of the expected 

percentage of allowable gross revenue for the 2022 disaster year derived 

from specialty and high value crops is different from what is certified by the 

producer in Item 14.

20

COC Adjusted % of 

Adjusted Expected 

Revenue from Other 

Crops

(FSA Use Only)

An entry is only required when COC determines the value of the expected 

percentage of allowable gross revenue for the 2022 disaster year derived 

from other crops is different from what is certified by the producer in Item

15.

21

COC Adjusted Were All 

Eligible Crops Insured or 

Covered by NAP?

(FSA Use Only)

An entry is only required when COC determines the selection that all 

eligible crops were insured or covered by NAP is different than what is 

certified by the producer in Item 16. 

 Part D - Producer Certifications

22A

Producer’s Signature 

(By)

Producer or authorized representative requesting an ERP Track 2 payment 

must sign certifying to the information in Parts A through C.

22B

Title/Relationship of 

Individual Signing in a 

Representative Capacity

Enter title and/or relationship to the individual when signing in a 

representative capacity.

Note: If the producer signing is not signing in a representative capacity, this 

field should be left blank.

22C

Date

(MM-DD-YYYY)

Enter the date the FSA-524 is signed in Item 22A.

 
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Item No. /

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Part E - COC Determination (FSA Use Only)

23A

COC Determination:

(FSA Use Only)

COC will Check (✓) either Approved or Disapproved if completed 

application was received by the producer.

23B

COC or Designee 

Signature

(FSA Use Only)

COC or their representative will sign.

23C

Date (MM-DD-YYYY)

(FSA Use Only)

Date COC or their representative signs the FSA-524 in Item 23B.