FSA Announces Application Period for Biomass Crop Assistance Program Project Areas

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Publish Date: 2012-03-27

(FSA) Administrator Bruce Nelson announced the application period for the next round of Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) Project Areas. Proposals will be accepted until April 23, 2012.
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PoliticalNews.me - Mar 27,2012 - FSA Announces Application Period for Biomass Crop Assistance Program Project Areas

WASHINGTON, – USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Bruce Nelson announced the application period for the next round of Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) Project Areas. Proposals will be accepted until April 23, 2012.

“BCAP provides incentives to farmers and forest landowners to grow non-food crops to be processed into biofuels – a critical element of our national energy strategy to address high fuel prices and reduce reliance on foreign oil,” said Nelson. “Because most energy crops are perennial and take time to mature before harvest, BCAP is designed so that sufficient quantities of feedstock will be available to meet future demand. And because these crops can grow where other crops cannot, it provides farmers with new opportunities to diversify into more markets.”

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