USDA Biomass Crop Assistance Program deadline is May 27

The USDA Farm Service Agency is accepting applications for approved project areas under the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) through May 27, 2011. Contact the Oregon FSA office to apply for the program.

BCAP was created in the 2008 Farm Bill. The program is designed to assist private forestland and agricultural land owners with establishment and production of eligible crops, including woody biomass, in selected project areas for conversion to bioenergy, and the collection, harvest, storage and transportation of eligible material for use in a biomass conversion facility. Total fiscal year 2011 funding nationally for the BCAP program is limited to $112 million.

Additional information, including application information, is available on the Farm Service Agency web site:

http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=ener&topic=bcap

Kevin Weeks

Public Information Officer

Oregon Department of Forestry

Agency Affairs Office

(503) 945-7427