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{{Short description|Discontinued USDA FSA initiative}}
{{Orphan|date=June 2024}}

The '''Bioenergy Program''' was an initiative of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] [[Farm Service Agency]]. The program started on October 1, 2002, and was terminated on June 30, 2006.<ref name=fsa2>
{{cite web
| title = Bioenergy Program
| url = https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/bioenergy.pdf
| publisher = [[Farm Service Agency]]
| date = 2006
| access-date =2009-07-21}}
</ref>

The program made payments to [[ethanol]] and [[biodiesel]] producers who expand their production capacity from eligible commodities. In the year of the expansion, the program payments help offset the cost of the additional commodity feedstocks (usually [[Maize|corn]] for ethanol and [[soybean]]s for biodiesel) needed for the expansion. In addition to corn and soybeans, also [[barley]], [[Cereal|grain]] [[sorghum]], [[oat]]s, [[rice]], [[wheat]], [[sunflower seed]], [[canola]], [[crambe]], [[rapeseed]], [[safflower]], [[Sesame|sesame seed]], [[flax]]seed, [[mustard seed]], and cellulosic crops were defined as eligible commodities if grown on farms for the production of ethanol or biodiesel.<ref name=grants>
{{cite web
| title = Bioenergy Program (10.078)
| url = http://www.federalgrantswire.com/bioenergy-program.html
| publisher = Federal Grants Wire
| access-date =2009-07-21}}
</ref>

The program was codified into law by the United States [[2002 farm bill]] (P.L. 107–171, Sec. 9010). It was funded through the [[Commodity Credit Corporation]]. Spending for the program was capped at $150 million annually between 2002 and 2006. Payments to a single producer were limited by 5% of available funding.<ref name=fsa>{{cite web
| title = Bioenergy Program. Fact Sheet
| url = http://future.aae.wisc.edu/publications/farm_bill/bioenergy05.pdf
| publisher = [[Farm Service Agency]]
| date = August 2004
| access-date = 2009-07-21
| journal =
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100611091707/http://future.aae.wisc.edu/publications/farm_bill/bioenergy05.pdf
| archive-date = 2010-06-11
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> The [[Congressional Budget Office]] estimated that $204 million total was spent between 2002 and 2006.

The new '''Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels''' is planned to be implemented for fiscal year 2009.<ref name=biotech>
{{cite news
| title = House Ag Subcommittee Asked to Provide Oversight for Bioenergy Program
| url = http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/house_ag_subcommittee_asked_provide_oversight_bioenergy_program
| publisher = Farm Progress Companies
| date = 2009-07-09
| access-date =2009-07-21}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

*{{CRS|article = Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition|url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110810044532/http://ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/05jun/97-905.pdf|author= Jasper Womach}}

[[Category:United States Department of Agriculture programs]]
[[Category:United States Department of Agriculture]]
[[Category:Biofuel in the United States]]

Bioenergy Program - Revision history

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