Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase 2

Instructions for CCC-902I
FARM OPERATING PLAN FOR AN PERSON
This form is used to collect information about persons (individuals) that is used by
FSA to determine eligibility for payments. This form is designed for persons using a
social security number and requesting program payments as a person on their own
farming operation.
Submit the original of the completed form in hard copy or facsimile to the
appropriate USDA servicing office.
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 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.

Complete items as indicated. Related definitions are provided
on page 4 of the form to assist in form completion.
Items 1-3
Fld Name /
Item No.
1
County
2
State
3
Program Year

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Enter the name of the recording county for the person.
Enter the name of the state where this person conducts their farming
operation.
Enter the program/crop year for which the information for this farming
operation is being provided. GO TO Part A.

Part A – Basic Information
1
Enter the name and address, including zip code, of the person.
Person’s
Name and
If the person conducts business using an assumed name, include the
Address
assumed name. (Example: John Doe, dba John Doe Grain Farms)
2
Enter the social security or taxpayer ID number of the person.
Tax
Identification
If the complete social security or taxpayer ID number is on file with
Number
FSA, only the last 4 digits are required. GO TO Part B.

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Part B – Additional Information
1
Check the appropriate box to indicate citizenship status of the person
U.S. citizen
identified in Part A.
If the person identified in Part A is a U.S. citizen, check “YES” and GO
TO Item 4A.

2
Alien Status

If the person identified in Part A is not a U.S. citizen, check “NO” and
GO TO Item 2.
Check the appropriate box to indicate alien status of the person
identified in Part A.
Check “YES” if the person identified in Part A is an alien lawfully
admitted to the U.S. and a Resident Alien Card, form I-551, was
presented.

3
For County
FSA Use Only

4A
Person Under
18…

Check “NO” if the person identified in Part A is not a U.S. citizen and a
Resident Alien Card, form 1-551, is not presented.
This item will be completed by FSA.
If the person identified in Part A in not a U.S. citizen and form
I-551 was not presented, the person identified in Part A will be
considered a foreign person for payment eligibility and payment
limitation purposes.
Check the appropriate box to indicate whether the person identified in
Part A is a minor as of June 1 of the Program Year entered in Item 3.
Check “NO” if the person identified in Part A was 18 years of age or
older on June 1 and GO TO Part C.

4B
Date of Birth
5A – 5C
Parent or
Guardian
Information…

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Check “YES” if the person identified in Part A was younger than 18
year of age on June 1. Continue with Item 4 B.
If the person identified in Part A was younger than 18 years of age on
June 1 of the program year, enter the month, day and year the person
identified in Part A was born.
If the person identified in Part A is a minor, provide the following
information about the person’s parent or legal guardian:
A) Parent’s or guardian’s name
B) Parent’s or guardian’s address
C) Last 4 digits of the parent’s or guardian’s social security or
taxpayer ID number, if complete taxpayer ID number is on
record with FSA.

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5D
Separate
Residences…
6A – 6D
Parent or
Guardian’s
Farming
Interests…

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If the person identified in Part A is a minor, check “YES” or “NO” to
indicate whether the person identified in Part A maintains a separate
household from your parent or guardian.
If the person identified in Part A is a minor, provide the following
information about the parent or guardian’s interest in farming
operations:

Person’s
Name

A) Parent’s or guardian’s name
B) Name of parent’s or guardian’s farming interest
C) Last 4 digits of the tax ID number of the farming interest, if the
complete taxpayer ID number is already on record with FSA.
D) County/state where the farming interest is located
Enter the name of the person identified in Part A at the top of the page.
GO TO Part C

Part C – Land
1A – 1G
Land

Enter the following information for ALL land that is owned or operated
by the person identified in Part A:
A) Farm number
B) State and county where located
C) Check the applicable box to show whether land is owned, leased
to someone, or leased from and person, entity, or joint operation
D) Name of the person, legal entity or joint operation to whom or
from whom the land the land is leased
E) Acres owned or rented on the farm
F) The per acre amount of cash rent, or the percentage of the crop
shared with the landlord
Note: If land is cash leased from a person or legal entity, enter
“cash” in the Column F. If land is cash leased from a
person or legal entity with an interest in the crop or crop
proceeds, include the rental rate in $ per acre.
G) Check the box if you had this same land interest in the prior crop
year.
If additional space is needed for land, complete and attach form
CCC-902 Continuation. GO TO Part D.

Part D – Capital Sources and Uses
1
Indicate the sources of operating capital for the farming operation of
Sources of
person identified in Part A. Check all the types of capital that apply. If
capital
“Other” is indicated, please specify.
2
Check the applicable boxes to indicate whether capital, equipment or
Contributions land contributed by the person identified in Part A to this farming
of capital, land operation was acquired as the result of a loan or credit arrangement.
or equipment

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Check “YES” if the person identified in Part A acquired contributions
of capital, equipment or land through loans or credit arrangement, then
GO TO Item 3.

3
If capital
includes loans
or credit
arrangement

3A - 3E
If capital
includes loans
or credit that
are guaranteed
or secured by
other

Check “NO” if the person identified in Part A acquired contributions of
capital, equipment or land through loans or credit arrangement, then GO
TO Part E.
Check “NO”, if the person identified in Part A uses loans or credit to
finance the persons’ farming operation or purchase of land or
equipment, but such financing is NOT acquired from, guaranteed by,
co-signed by, or secured by any other person, joint operation or entity
then GO TO Part E.
Check “YES”, if the person identified in Part A uses loans or credit to
finance the persons’ farming operation or to purchase land or equipment
and such financing was acquired from, guaranteed by, co-signed by, or
secured by another person, a joint operation or an entity with an interest
in the farming operation of the person identified in Part A, and complete
Items 3A – 3E.
For each type of loan or credit used to finance the farming operation of
the person identified in Part A, and which are acquired from, guaranteed
by, co-signed by, or secured by another person, a joint operation or an
entity, provide the following:
A) The type of capital contribution (loan, line of credit, cash
advance)
B) Name of the source of the loan or credit
C) Name of the guarantor
D) Affiliation of the credit source or guarantor with the person
conducting the farming operation
E) Percent of total capital represented by each line entry

Part E – Equipment
1
Enter the percent of ALL equipment used in the farming operation
Owned
which is owned by the person identified in Part A.
Equipment
If the person identified in Part A does not own any of the equipment
used in the farming operation, enter 0%.
2A – 2C
If the person identified in Part A does not lease equipment used in this
Leased
farming operation, enter 0% and GO TO Part F.
Equipment

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Enter information for ALL equipment used in the farming operation of
the person identified in Part A which is leased. For each type of
equipment leased, enter the following:

2D
Leased
equipment and
interest in
farming
operation

3
Lease
Agreement
Person’s
Name

A) Percent of total equipment leased
B) Name of the person or entity from whom equipment is leased
C) Type of equipment leased.
If the person identified in Part A leased equipment, indicate whether the
equipment was leased from a person or entity that has an interest in the
farming operation of the person identified in Part A.
Check “YES” if the equipment was leased from a person or entity that
has an interest in the farming operation of the person identified in Part
A.
Check “NO” if the equipment was not leased from a person or entity
that has an interest in the farming operation of the person identified in
Part A. GO TO Part F.
If the person identified in Part A leased equipment from a person or
entity that has an interest in the farming operation identified in Part A,
copies of lease agreements may be required for compliance purposes.
GO TO Part F.
Enter the person identified in Part A at the top of the page.

Part F – Custom Services
1
Check “NO” if custom farming services will not be utilized in the
Utilization
farming operation of the person identified in Part A, and GO TO Part G.
of custom
services…
Check “YES” if custom farming services will be utilized in the farming
operation of the person identified in Part A, and complete all items in
Part F.
1A – 1D
Utilization of custom services by the farming operation identified in
Custom
Part A.
services will
be utilized
Provide the following information for all custom farming services
utilized by the farming operation of the person identified in Part A:
A) Type of custom service (including, but not limited to: tillage,
planting, cultivating, chemical application, insect/pest scouting,
etc.)
B) Farm number(s) the service will be applied
C) Total number of acres for which custom services will be used
D) Name of the custom farming service provider

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Part G – Labor (Items 1, 2 and 3 must total 100 percent)
1
Enter the percent or number of hours of active personal labor the person
Active
identified in Part A will personally provide to the farming operation of
Personal
the person identified in Part A. If the person identified in Part A will
Labor
provide 1,000 hours or more, write “1,000’ hours.
2
Enter the percentage or number of hours of hired labor to be used in the
Hired Labor
farming operation of the person identified in Part A.
2A
Source of the
hired labor and
leased
equipment

Check “NO” if NONE of the hired labor for the farming operation of
the person identified in Part A originated from the source of leased
equipment in Part E.
Check “YES” if ANY of the hired labor for the farming operation of the
person identified in Part A originated from the source of leased
equipment in Part E.

Acceptable documentation of equipment lease and hired labor
agreements may be required for compliance purposes.
2B
Check “NO” if NONE of the hired labor for the farming operation of
Source of the
the person identified in Part A was included in the custom farming
hired labor and services shown in Part F.
custom service
Check “YES” if ANY of the hired labor for the farming operation of the
person identified in Part A was included in the custom farming services
shown in Part F.

3
Other Labor

Acceptable documentation of custom services and hired labor
agreements may be required for compliance purposes.
Enter the percentage of the total hours required for the farming
operation of the person identified in Part A that is donated by family
members or others, and which payment is not owned.

Part H - Management (Items 1, 2 and 3 must total 100%.)
1A - 1B
Enter the estimated percent of active personal management the person
Active
identified in Part A personally provides to the farming operation.
Personal
Management
Enter a brief description of the type of management duties the person
identified in Part A performs.
2A- 2B
Enter the estimated percent of hired management used by the farming
Hired
operation of the person identified in Part A.
Management

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3A- 3B
Other
Management

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Briefly describe the type of management duties someone else is hired to
perform for the farming operation of the person identified in Part A.
Enter the estimated percent of other management used by the farming
operation of the person identified in Part A.
Enter any other person providing management without compensation
for the farming operation of the person identified in Part A. Briefly
describe the management provided.

Part I – Certification
1
The person identified in Part A, or an authorized representative of the
Signature (By) person identified in Part A, shall sign the certification.

2
Title/
Relationship

3
Date

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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.
If the person identified in Part A signs the document, this field should
be left blank.
If an authorized representative for the person identified in Part A signs
this document, use this field to show the person’s representative
capacity. (For example, “agent” or “attorney-in-fact.”)
Enter the date the form was signed.

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