A completed application for payment that had been filed under the regulations that were in effect at the actual time of the filing of that application and which had been issued an administrative decision for either a 2017 or 2018 program year loss is not eligible for consideration under paragraph (b) of this section, unless the decision was based only on failure to submit the application for payment by the prior applicable deadline.

To apply for LFP, the participant that suffered eligible grazing losses:

For the 2017 program year, must submit a completed application for payment and required supporting documentation as specified in this part, including some supporting documentation such as an acreage report that may have been required at an earlier date as determined by FSA, to the administrative FSA county office by December 3, 2018; or

For the 2018 and subsequent program years, must submit a completed application for payment and required supporting documentation, including some supporting documentation such as an acreage report that may have been required at an earlier date, to the administrative FSA county office no later than 30 calendar days after the end of the calendar year in which the grazing loss occurred.

A participant must also provide a copy of the grower contract, if a contract grower, and other supporting documents required for determining eligibility as an applicant at the time the participant submits the completed application for payment. Supporting documents must include:

Evidence of loss;

Current physical location of livestock in inventory;

Evidence that grazing land or pastureland is owned or leased;

A report of acreage according to part 718 of this title for the grazing lands incurring losses for which assistance is being requested under this subpart;

Adequate proof, as determined by FSA that the grazing loss:

Was for the covered livestock;

If the loss of grazing occurred as the result of a fire, that the:

Loss was due to a fire, and

Participant was prohibited by the Federal agency from grazing the normal permitted livestock on the managed rangeland due to a fire; and

Occurred in the program year for which payments are being requested;

A farm operating plan, if a current farm operating plan is not already on file in the FSA county office; and

Any other supporting documentation as determined by FSA to be necessary to make a determination of eligibility of the participant. Supporting documents include, but are not limited to: Verifiable purchase and sales records; grower contracts; veterinarian records; bank or other loan papers; rendering truck receipts; Federal Emergency Management Agency Records; National Guard records; written contracts; production records; private insurance documents; sales records; and similar documents determined acceptable to FSA.

Data furnished by the participant will be used to determine eligibility for program benefits. Furnishing the data is voluntary; however, without all required data, program benefits will not be approved or provided.