Overview

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) will provide assistance 

under the Rice Production Program (RPP) to rice 

producers based on 2022 planted and prevented planted 

acres. 

Eligibility

To be eligible for RPP, a producer must have reported 

a share interest in an eligible type of rice planted or 

prevented from being planted for the 2022 crop year, by 

the acreage reporting deadline. 

• “Eligible type of rice” for RPP means short, 

medium, and long grain rice, including temperate 

japonica and sweet rice, reported as planted or 

prevented from being planted for crop year 2022. 

• Industrial rice and wild rice are not eligible to 

receive a RPP payment.

Payment Calculation

FSA made an initial payment to eligible producers at 

a reduced payment rate of 1 cent per pound. To be 

eligible a producer must have reported to FSA a share 

interest in eligible rice. 

As directed by the omnibus legislation, FSA will calculate 

RPP payments by multiplying the payment rate, 

individual average actual production history (APH), 

as reported to RMA, or the FSA-established yield, and 

the amount of certified rice acres determined by the 

number of planted acres and acres that were 

prevented from being planted. If applicable, a 

prevented planted factor of 60% will be applied to 

prevented planted acres.

Second Payment

Rice producers with an approved RPP application 

will receive an additional payment of .28 cent per 

pound based on previously reported data. 

Payment Limitations

The payment limitation for the program is set 

by statute and is higher if the farmer’s average 

adjusted gross farm income (income from activities 

related to farming, ranching, or forestry) is more 

than 75% of their average adjusted gross income 

(AGI). Specifically, a person or legal entity with 

adjusted gross farm income of less than 75% 

of their overall AGI, cannot receive, directly or 

indirectly, more than $125,000 in payments. 

Farmers who derive 75% or more of their average 

AGI from farming qualify for a $250,000 payment 

limit. AGI is based on the three taxable years 

preceding the most immediately preceding 

complete tax year. 

In advance of the initial payment, rice farmers 

were to visit their local county office to submit 

the appropriate form and certification (FSA-510, 

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Request for an Exception to the $125,000 Payment 

Limitation for Certain Programs) by Sept. 8, 2023 if they 

were requesting the higher payment limit. 

Applying for Assistance

Rice producers were mailed prefilled applications using 

information on file with USDA’s Risk Management 

Agency (RMA) or FSA, as reported by rice producers 

through their crop insurance agents or FSA county 

offices. 

The deadline to return the completed FSA-174, Rice 

Production Program Application, was July 10, 2023. 

Applications are no longer being accepted. 

In addition to the prefilled applications, producers were 

required to submit the following forms, if not already 

on file with FSA, within 60 days of the RPP application 

deadline:

• Form AD-2047, Customer Data Worksheet, for 

new customers or existing customers who need 

to update their customer profile;

• Form CCC-901, Member Information for Legal 

Entities, if applicable; 

• Form CCC-902, Farm Operating Plan for an 

individual or legal entity as provided in 7 CFR part 

1400;

• Form FSA-510, Request for an Exception to 

the $125,000 Payment Limitation for Certain 

Programs, accompanied by a certification from 

a certified public accountant or attorney as to 

the person or legal entity’s certification, for a 

legal entity and all members of that entity, for 

each applicable program year, including the legal 

entity’s members, partners, or shareholders, as 

provided in 7-CFR part 1400; and

• Form AD-1026, Highly Erodible Land Conservation 

(HELC) and Wetland Conservation (WC) 

Certification, for the RPP applicant and applicable 

affiliates as provided in 7-CFR part 12.

More Information

This fact sheet is provided for informational purposes 

only; other restrictions or requirements may apply. 

For more information about RPP, visit fsa.usda.gov or 

contact your local FSA office for details. To find your 

local FSA office, visit farmers.gov.

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