Cotton Ginning Cost-Share (CGCS) Program

Instructions for form CCC-882 http://forms.sc.egov.usda.gov

Instructions For CCC-882

COTTON GINNING COST-SHARE (CGCS) PROGRAM APPLICATION

This form is used to certify the producer’s share of the 2015 cotton crop and the number of acres grown as reported on the FSA-578 Crop Acreage Report, or to a crop insurance agent for Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) purposes.

Submit the original of the completed form in hard copy or facsimile to the appropriate USDA servicing office by September 16, 2016.

Customers who have established electronic access credentials with USDA may electronically transmit this form to the USDA servicing office, provided that (1) the customer submitting the form is the only person required to sign the transaction, or (2) the customer has an approved Power of Attorney (Form FSA-211) on file with USDA to sign for other customers for the program and type of transaction represented by this form.

Features for transmitting the form electronically are available to those customers with access credentials only. If you would like to establish online access credentials with USDA, follow the instructions provided at the USDA eForms web site.

Field Name / Item No.	Instructions
Part A – Recording County Office (For CCC Use Only )
Items 1A-2B	For CCC use only.
Part B – Producer Contact Information
3A	Enter the name of the producer or legal entity requesting a CGCS payment. Note: If the CCC-882 is processed by FSA county office, the recording county will select the producer from the CGCS workbook, and all of the 2015 cotton crop data will be pre-filled on the CCC-882 Part B through Part C, based upon the producer’s FSA-578 Crop Acreage report for the 2015 crop report year.
3B	Enter the mailing address of the Producer/Entity requesting a CGCS payment.
3C	Enter the contact producer’s name.
3D	Enter the contact producer’s telephone number (including area code).

Field Name / Item No.	Instructions
Part C – Producer Certification (If additional entries are required, provide data on an additional CCC882, Page 1)
4	Enter the 2-digit FIPS state code of the tract location. If the FIPS code is not known, enter the abbreviation code for the state where the tract is located.
5	Enter the 3-digit FIPS county code of the tract location. If the FIPS code is not known, write/type the name of the county where the tract is located.
6	Enter the FSA assigned farm serial number (FSN) as recorded on the FSA-578 Crop Acreage Report or FCIC crop report.
7	Enter the FSA assigned tract number as recorded on the FSA-578 Crop Acreage Report or FCIC crop report.
8	Enter the number of cotton acres as recorded on the FSA-578 Crop Acreage Report or FCIC crop report rounded to the nearest tenth of an acre. If FSA/FCIC determined acres are available, the determined acreage must be used.
9	Enter to the nearest one thousandth (.0000) the producer’s share of the cotton acreage recorded in Item 8, who is applying for the CGCS payment. Shares cannot exceed 100 percent. Example: The producer’s share of 45.78 percent is to be recorded as .4578. The remaining available share amount would be .5422.
10	Record the production region where the 2015 cotton acres were planted based upon the tract location recorded in Item 4. The production regions are as follows: SOUTHEAST – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia MID-SOUTH – Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee SOUTHWEST – Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas WEST – Arizona, California, New Mexico For states not listed, the closest production region adjacent to the state will be used.
11	Enter the regional cost-share rate based upon the area identified in Item 10 as follows: SOUTHEAST – $47.44 per acre MID-SOUTH – $56.26 per acre SOUTHWEST – $36.97 per acre WEST – $97.41 per acre
12	Enter the result of multiplying Item 8 x Item 9 x Item 11, rounding to the nearest whole dollar. Round down for dollar amounts if the cents amount is less than $0.50, and round up if the cents amount is equal to or greater than $0.50.
Field Name / Item No.	Instructions
Part C – Producer Certification (If additional entries are required, provide data on an additional CCC882, Page 1)(continued)
13	Total the entries in Item 12. If there is more than one CCC-882 Page 1 for the producer, add all entries for Item 12 from each page and enter the total dollar amount on the first Page 1 of the CCC-882.
Part D – Producer Agreement (For additional signatures, provide signatures on an additional CCC-882, Page 2 and note in Item 15 Remarks)
14A-14D	Please read the Producer’s Certification statement, then sign and date where indicated. If you are not signing in the representative capacity, leave field 14C blank. If "self" is written to indicate you are signing on behalf of yourself, it is acceptable; however, not necessary. Please contact the county FSA office before signing and dating this document if you have any questions or concerns. If you are mailing or faxing this form, print the form and manually enter your signature. If this form is approved for electronic transmission and you have established credentials with USDA to submit forms electronically use the buttons provided on the form for transmitting the form to the USDA servicing office. The form must be submitted to FSA by September 16, 2106. Applications submitted after September 16, 2016 will not be considered for payment.
Part E – CCC Approval (For CCC Use Only)
15A-14E	For CCC use only to record application determination.
16	Remarks - For CCC use only.