Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)

Instructions for the Form BCAP-23, “Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) Worksheet.”

The BCAP-23 serves to capture information related to the land and crops an applicant is offering for enrollment under a designated BCAP project area. The BCAP-23 is generated through FSA program software based on information provided by applicants for BCAP contracts. The form will not be completed manually.

For more information about the BCAP-23 Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) Worksheet, please visit the USDA Farm Service Agency’s web site at www.fsa.usda.gov/bcap or contact Kelly Novak at 202.720.4053 or cepdmail@wdc.usda.gov.

Fld Name / Item No.	Instruction
1 Farm Number	The FSA Farm number identifying the land being offered
2 Tract Number(s)	The FSA Tract number or numbers identifying the land being offered
3 Proposed Enrollment Period	The start and end dates proposed for a BCAP contract covering the land being offered for enrollment.
4 Project Area ID Number	The ID number for the project area that includes the land being offered.
5A&B Admin. ST/CO Code	The State and County codes identifying: the county administering the land being offered for a BCAP contract; and the county where the land being offered is physically located.
6 A-D Producer Name, Address, and Telephone	The name, address, and telephone number of record for the producer making this offer for enrollment of land into BCAP.
7 A-D County Office Name, Address, and Telephone	The name, address, and telephone number for the FSA County office administering the land being offered for the BCAP enrollment.
8 A-C Proposed Crops	For each eligible: A) Woody Perennial, B) Non-Woody Perennial; and C) Annual biomass crop proposed for establishment on BCAP enrollment acres record: (1) Tract Number – the FSA tract number for the land on which the crop is proposed for establishment. (2) Common Land Unit – the FSA common land unit (CLU) or field number for the land on which the crop is proposed for establishment. (3) Estimated Establishment Date – the estimated date on which the proposed crop will be established on the recorded Tract and CLU. (4) Estimated First Harvest Date – the estimated date on which the first harvest of the proposed crop will be made on the recorded Tract and CLU. NOTE: A harvest will include any collection of materials, where the material is then used for conversion to heat, power, biobased product or advanced biofuel or used in a non-fuel market. (5) Practice Control Number – the FSA code describing the cropping practice used to establish the proposed crop. The codes will be propagated by the program software. (6) Eligible Crop – the common name of the proposed crop. (7) Acres – the number of acres of the proposed crop to be established on the recorded Tract and CLU. NOTE: Offered acres will always be equal to or greater than the number of eligible acres or acres accepted in the offer from the producer. (8) Estimated Production – the estimated production of biomass from the proposed crop on the recorded Tract and CLU. This production shall be recorded in dry tons produced per acre in a calendar year.
9A (1) – (3) Annual Payment Calculation: Cropland	For the three most prevalent soils on the offered cropland, record: (a) Soil Survey ID Number – the ID number for the NRCS soil survey that includes the soil. (b) Map Unit Symbol – the symbol used to represent the soil in the soil survey documents. (c) Eligible Acres – the number of acres, measured to a precision of hundredths of an acre, of cropland in the offer that are eligible for enrollment made up of the soil. (d) Soil Rental Rate – the CRP rental rate for the soil, in dollars and cents. (e) Total Rent – the product of (c) and (d), in dollars and cents.
9A (4) – (8) Annual Payment Calculation: Cropland Totals and Rates	(4) Totals – the sums of items (c) and (e). (5) Weighted Average Soil Rental Rate – the sum total of (e) divided by the sum total of (c), recorded in dollars and cents. (6) Project Area Incentive Rate – the project area specific incentive amount for cropland, recorded in dollars and cents. (7) Annual Payment Rate – the sum total of block (6) and block (7). (8) Total Annual Payment – the product of block (7) multiplied by the sum total of block (4c)
9B (1) – (3) Annual Payment Calculation: Non-Crop Agland	For agricultural land that is not cropland, record the following data for the marginal pastureland, marginal pastureland adjacent to seasonal streams, and marginal pastureland adjacent to perennial streams: (a) Soil Survey ID Number – the ID number for the NRCS soil survey that includes the soil. (b) Map Unit Symbol - the FSA symbol used to represent marginal pastureland in the county (c) Eligible Acres – the number of acres, measured to a precision of hundredths of an acre, of cropland in the offer that are eligible for enrollment made up of the soil (d) Soil Rental Rate – the CRP rental rate for the soil, in dollars and cents. (e) Total Rent – the product of (c) and (d), in dollars and cents
9B (4) – (8) Annual Payment Calculation: Non-Crop Agland Number Totals and Rates	(4) Totals – the sums of items (c) and (e). (5) Weighted Average Soil Rental Rate – the sum total of (e) divided by the sum total of (c), recorded in dollars and cents. (6) Project Area Incentive Rate – the project area specific incentive amount for cropland, recorded in dollars and cents. (7) Annual Payment Rate – the sum total of block (6) and block (7). (8) Total Annual Payment – the product of block (7) multiplied by the sum total of block (4c)
9C (1) – (3) Annual Payment Calculation: NIPF	For the three most prevalent soils on the offered NIPF, record: (a) Soil Survey ID Number – the ID number for the NRCS soil survey that includes the soil. (b) Map Unit Symbol – the symbol used to represent the soil in the soil survey documents (c) Eligible Acres – the number of acres, measured to a precision of hundredths of an acre, of cropland in the offer that are eligible for enrollment made up of the soil (d) Soil Rental Rate – the CRP rental rate for the soil, in dollars and cents. (e) Productivity Adjustment Factor – a factor in the soil survey describing the soil productivity for the recorded soil. Record as a number between 0.00 and 1.00. (f) Total Rent – the product of (c), (d), and (e), in dollars and cents
9C (4) – (8) Annual Payment Calculation: NIPF Totals and Rates	(4) Totals – the sums of items (c) and (e). (5) Weighted Average Soil Rental Rate – the sum total of (e) divided by the sum total of (c), recorded in dollars and cents. (6) Project Area Incentive Rate – the project area specific incentive amount for cropland, recorded in dollars and cents. (7) Annual Payment Rate – the sum total of block (6) and block (7). (8) Total Annual Payment – the product of block (7) multiplied by the sum total of block (4c).
10 Remarks	For FSA office use.
11 Producer’s Name	The printed name of the producer making the BCAP contract offer.
12 Producer’s Signature	The signature of the producer making the BCAP contract offer.
13 Title/Relationship of the Individual if Signing in a Representative Capacity	Enter the signing representative’s title that is assigned to the individual by the entity or best reflects the signing representative’s role with the entity.
14 Date	Enter the date on which the representative signed the BCAP-23 form. Enter the date in the following format: MM/DD/YYYY.
15 Eligibility Remarks	For FSA office use.