§ 1439.702 - Assistance.

(a) Assistance is limited to livestock owners who have eligible foundation or replacement livestock, as determined by DAFP. Eligible livestock includes beef and dairy cattle, buffalo and beefalo, sheep, goats, swine, and equine animals used to raise livestock that will be used for human consumption or in the production of food or fiber on the owner's farm.

(b) Assistance shall be provided as a 30 percent cost-share payment based on the lesser of:

(1) Eligible livestock feed purchased and received during the period designated by DAFP, or

(2) The calculated feed allowance for the eligible livestock for up to 30 days, as determined by DAFP.

(c) Requests for reimbursement of eligible livestock feed purchases shall include verifiable sales receipts and any other documentation the FSA county committee requires.

(d) Assistance shall not exceed the monetary value of multiplying the number of livestock, by type and weight range, by the allowance per day in pounds of corn as determined in accordance with § 1439.3, by $0.05 per pound, by the number of days in the feeding period designated by DAFP.