The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program in a final rule on February 23, 2026. This correction amends the definition of "corn"...
Commodity Credit Corporation, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION:
Correcting amendment.
SUMMARY:
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program in a final rule on February 23, 2026. This correction amends the definition of “corn” to add blue and red corn, which are eligible commodities for the FBA Program.
DATES:
Effective on August 27, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jamie Garriott; telephone: (202) 253-9843; or email:
Jamie.Garriott@usda.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On February 23, 2026, CCC published a final rule (91 FR 8360) announcing the FBA program, which provides up to $11 billion in one-time bridge payments to American farmers in response to temporary trade market disruptions and increased production costs. Corn is an eligible commodity for the FBA Program, and the final rule defined “corn” as, “only white, yellow, amylose, popcorn (excluding strawberry popcorn), waxy, and high amylase corn.” (7 CFR 1414.3). That definition inadvertently omitted blue and red corn, which are also eligible for the FBA Program. This document corrects that omission by adding those types of corn to the definition of “corn.”
The deadline to apply for the FBA Program was April 17, 2026. Due to the omission of blue and red corn from the definition of “corn”, those types of corn were not included on pre-filled FBA Program applications and producers of those commodities could not apply by the deadline. CCC is announcing that it will generate a CCC-555, Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program Application, for each eligible producer who timely reported eligible 2025 crop year acres of blue or red corn, as provided in § 1414.5. CCC is extending the deadline for producers to submit a CCC-555 for blue and red corn until September 28, 2026, as authorized under § 1414.6(b). As indicated in § 1414.6(c), producers must also submit all eligibility forms by April 19, 2027.
7 CFR 1414.3
15 U.S.C. 714