Oriental Fruit Fly Program
Program Funding
Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.
Funded Projects
Examples of what this program has supported.
Program Objective
Due to an outbreak of Oriental Fruit Flies that damaged fruits and vegetables in Miami-Dade County, the Oriental Fruit Fly (OFF) program provides direct payments assistance to eligible agriculture producers who suffered a revenue loss in 2015 and/or 2016, due to an APHIS imposed quarantine.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
- Unrestricted by Individual Type
- Unrestricted by Entity Type
Applicants must be a citizen of the United States; resident alien; partnership of citizens of the United States; corporation, limited liability company, or other organizational structure organized under State law, Indian Tribe or Tribal organization. A producer must be in compliance with Highly Erodible Land conservation and Wetland Conservation provisions, commonly referred to as the conservation compliance provisions. A producer’s average Adjusted Gross Income may not exceed $900,000, unless at least 75% of income is derived from farming, ranching or forestry operations.
How to Apply
Award Procedure
The assistance will be approved and awarded by FSA to eligible producers. Payments were made to eligible producers in 2022 and 2024. The application period closed April 4, 2022. The payment processing has closed and payments are no longer being processed.
Decision Timeline
- Appeal: From 15 to 30 days
1-30 Days.
Program details & compliance
Description
The purpose of the Oriental Fruit Fly Program is to provide direct payments to eligible agriculture producers in Miami-Dade County who suffered a revenue loss in 2015 and/or 2016 due to a State of Florida and APHIS implemented quarantine, because there was an outbreak of Oriental Fruit Flies that damaged fruits and vegetables in Miami-Dade County. The quarantine, which lasted from August 28, 2015, through February 13, 2016, was necessary and successful in eradicating the Oriental Fruit Fly. Because the Non-Insured Crop Assistance Program (NAP) does not apply in instances of a state or federally declared quarantine and RMA does not offer a quarantine endorsement in Florida, the affected producers in Miami-Dade County needed relief.
Mission Categories
Primary: Production and Operation
Required Documentation
Applicants must submit an application and additional required forms, including an average adjusted gross income statement and highly erodible land conservation and wetland certification. Producers selected for compliance spot checks by FSA must, in accordance with instructions issued by the Deputy Administrator, provide adequate reports of revenue as applicable. The documentary evidence of crop revenue will be reported to FSA together with any supporting documentation to verify information entered on the FSA-438 application. Verifiable documentation is preferred. If verifiable documentation is not available, FSA will accept reliable documentation to the satisfaction of the county committee. Examples of supporting documentation include, but are not limited to picking, pack out, RMA records, sales documents, copies of receipts, ledgers of income, including copies of receipts, ledgers of income, income statements of deposit slips, register tapes, contemporaneous measurements, truck scale tickets, and contemporaneous diaries that are determined acceptable by the FSA county committee or any other documents available to confirm the crop revenue.