Form Ccc 528 – Fill Out and Use This PDF

This form is available electronically.

NOTE: The following statement is made in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552a - as amended). The authority for requesting the information identified on this form is 7 CFR Part 1412, the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.), and the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-246) as amended by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Pub L. 112-240). The information will be used by CCC to determine the order of payment of covered commodities and peanuts on farms that are participating in ACRE when Planted and Considered Planted acres of covered commodities and peanuts on the farm exceed base acres. The information collected on this form may be disclosed to other Federal, State, Local government agencies, Tribal agencies, and nongovernmental entities that have been authorized access to the information by statute or regulation and/or as described in applicable Routine Uses identified in the System of Records Notice for USDA/FSA-2, Farm Records File (Automated). Providing the requested information is voluntary. However, failure to furnish the requested information will result in a proration of payment acres based on the total Planted and Considered Planted acres on the farm.

This information collection is exempted from the Paperwork Reduction Act, as it is required for administration of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-246, Title I, Subtitle F – Administration), as amended by American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-240, Title VII, Extension of Agricultural Programs.)

The provisions of criminal and civil fraud, privacy and other statutes may be applicable to the information provided. RETURN THIS COMPLETED FORM TO YOUR COUNTY FSA OFFICE.

THIS FORM IS USED TO ALLOCATE covered commodities and peanut ACRE payment acres when the sum of the Planted and Considered Planted acres of covered commodities and peanuts exceed 118 percent of the base acres on the farm. For a farm that has Planted and Considered Planted acres of covered commodities and peanuts in excess of 118 percent the total base acres on the farm, all producers with an interest in covered commodities or peanuts may choose the number of acres of each Planted and Considered Planted covered commodity or peanuts that may receive an ACRE payment.

This allocation shall occur prior to the end of the contract period. If an allocation is not made by the end of the contract period or if all persons with a share of a Planted and Considered Planted covered commodity or peanuts do not agree to the allocation by the end of the contract period, then CCC shall allocate the ACRE payment acres based on the percentage of Planted and Considered Planted acres of a covered commodity and peanuts to the total Planted and Considered Planted acres of covered commodities and peanuts on the farm.

NOTE: An allocation is not necessary if one of the following apply:

only one covered commodity crop is planted

the sum of the Planted and Considered Planted acres of covered commodities and peanuts is less than 118 percent of the total base acres.

6.Total Potential ACRE Payment Acres:

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