Agriculture Department Docket FSA-2026-0001 Final Rule

2026-17538: Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program; Correction

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Summary

The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program in a final rule on February 23, 2026. This correction amends the definition of "corn" to add blue and red corn, which are eligible commodities for the FBA Program.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

521 words as published, August 27, 2026. View the original →

Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 165 (Thursday, August 27, 2026) [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 165 (Thursday, August 27, 2026)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 55244] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-17538] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Commodity Credit Corporation 7 CFR Part 1414 [Docket ID FSA-2026-0001] RIN 0560-AI87 Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program; Correction

Agency

Commodity Credit Corporation, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Action

Correcting amendment. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program in a final rule on February 23, 2026. This correction amends the definition of ``corn'' to add blue and red corn, which are eligible commodities for the FBA Program.

Dates

Effective on August 27, 2026.

For Further Information Contact

Jamie Garriott; telephone: (202) 253- 9843; or email: [email protected]. Individuals with disabilities who require alternative means for communication should contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY mode)) or dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay Service (both voice and text telephone users can initiate this call from any telephone).

Supplementary Information

On February 23, 2026, CCC published a final rule (91 FR 8360) announcing the FBA program, which provides up to $11 billion in one-time bridge payments to American farmers in response to temporary trade market disruptions and increased production costs. Corn is an eligible commodity for the FBA Program, and the final rule defined ``corn'' as, ``only white, yellow, amylose, popcorn (excluding strawberry popcorn), waxy, and high amylase corn.'' (7 CFR 1414.3). That definition inadvertently omitted blue and red corn, which are also eligible for the FBA Program. This document corrects that omission by adding those types of corn to the definition of ``corn.'' The deadline to apply for the FBA Program was April 17, 2026. Due to the omission of blue and red corn from the definition of ``corn'', those types of corn were not included on pre-filled FBA Program applications and producers of those commodities could not apply by the deadline. CCC is announcing that it will generate a CCC-555, Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program Application, for each eligible producer who timely reported eligible 2025 crop year acres of blue or red corn, as provided in Sec. 1414.5. CCC is extending the deadline for producers to submit a CCC-555 for blue and red corn until September 28, 2026, as authorized under Sec. 1414.6(b). As indicated in Sec. 1414.6(c), producers must also submit all eligibility forms by April 19, 2027. List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1414 Agricultural commodities, Cotton, Feed grains, Fruits, Nuts, Oilseeds, Peanuts, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Rice, Vegetables, Wheat. For the reasons discussed above, CCC amends the regulations in 7 CFR part 1414 as follows: PART 1414--BRIDGE ASSISTANCE 0

1. The authority citation for part 1414 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 714, et seq. Subpart A--Farmer Bridge Assistance Program Sec. 1414.3 [Amended] 0

2. Amend the definition of ``Corn'' in Sec. 1414.3 by adding the words

``blue, red,'' after the word ``only''. William Beam, Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation. [FR Doc. 2026-17538 Filed 8-26-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411-E2-P

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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