Instructions For CCC-846
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATION FOR LOAN AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS (LDP)
Cooperatives use this form to request approval from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to participate in the Cooperative Marketing Association (CMA) program.
Submit the original of this completed application along with the cooperative’s Articles of Incorporation, Uniform Marketing Agreement, and any related documents to the Director, Price Support Division, USDA, Farm Service Agency, STOP 0512, Room 4095-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0512.
Cooperatives who have established electronic access credentials with USDA may electronically transmit this form to the Price Support Division. Features for transmitting the form electronically are available to those customers with access credentials only. If you would like to establish online access credentials with USDA, follow the instructions provided at the USDA eForms web site.
Cooperatives must complete Items 1 through 21.
Items 1-21
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Fld Name / |
Instruction |
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1 Legal Name of Cooperative Marketing Association |
Enter the legal name of the cooperative. |
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2 Headquarter’s Office Address |
Enter the complete address for the cooperative’s headquarters office. |
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3 CMA Program Location |
Cooperatives handling: C Commodities other than cotton shall enter CMA office address that will prepare loan and loan deficiency payment (LDP) documents.C Cotton shall enter the CMA’s headquarters office city and State.Note: This item is used by FSA to determine the FSA office that will service the CMA. |
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4 State Statute of Incor-poration |
Enter the name of the State Statute under which the cooperative is incorporated. |
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5 Date of Incor- poration |
Enter the date the cooperative was incorporated. |
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6 State of Incor- poration |
Enter the State where the cooperative is incorporated. |
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7 Regular Mail Address |
Enter the regular mail address where the cooperative wants CMA program information mailed. |
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8 Overnight Mail Address |
Enter the address where overnight mail is to be sent. Note: This address cannot be a P.O. Box. |
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9 Contact Person and Title |
Enter the name and title of the person that the cooperative wishes to have as its official contact for the CMA program. |
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10 IRS Tax ID Number |
Enter the cooperative’s taxpayer identification number. |
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11 Telephone Number |
Enter the business telephone number including area code for the "Contact Person" entered in Item 9. |
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12 Fax Number |
Enter the cooperative’s FAX number including area code where CMA program material should be sent. |
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13 E-Mail Address |
Enter the cooperative or, if different, the "Contact Person’s" e-mail address. |
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14A Active Number of Voting Members |
Enter the number of active cooperative members as of the cooperative’s last annual meeting. |
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14B Number of Inactive Voting Members |
Enter the number of inactive cooperative members as of the cooperative’s last annual meeting. |
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14C Total Number of Voting Members |
Enter the total of Item 14A plus Item 14B. |
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15A Active Number of Board Members |
Enter the number of board members that are active members of the cooperative as of the cooperative's last annual meeting. |
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15B Other Number of Members Who Art Other Than Active |
Enter the number of board members that are other than active cooperative members of the cooperative as of the cooperative's last annual meeting. Note: This number includes inactive members that are board members as well as State appointed and outside directors. |
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Coopera-tive's Total Number of Board Members |
Enter the total of Item 15A plus Item15B. This should be the cooperative’s total number of directors. |
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16A Active Members |
Enter the amount of the cooperative’s equity that is allocated to active members. Note: This includes retained earnings that have been allocated. |
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16B Inactive Members |
Enter the amount of the cooperative’s equity that is allocated to inactive members. Note: This includes retained earnings that have been allocated. |
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16C Unallocated |
Enter the amount of the cooperative’s equity that is unallocated. Note: This includes retained earnings that have been unallocated. |
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16D Other |
Enter the amount of the cooperative’s that is owned by nonmembers of the cooperative. |
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16E Total Amount of Cooperative Equity |
Enter the total amount of the cooperative’s equity. This should equal the sum of Items16A, 16B, 16C, and 16D. |
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17 Date Fiscal Year Ends |
Enter the date that the cooperative’s fiscal year ends. |
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18 Number of Member Cooperatives |
Enter number of cooperatives, if any, that are members of this cooperative. |
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19A Authorized Commodity |
No entries are required in this column unless you use "Other". If "Other" is used it must be a commodity that is authorized by law. |
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19B Crop Year |
For each commodity for which the cooperative would like to be able to obtain loans or LDPs, enter last complete crop year for which the cooperative has records. |
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19C Units |
No entries are required in this column unless you use "Other". If "Other" is used it must be a commodity and unit of weight that is authorized by law. |
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19D Member Volume |
For each commodity listed in Column19A, enter the volume in the units specified in Column 19C for the crop year in entered in Column 19B that were delivered to the cooperative by its members. |
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19E Non-Member Volume |
For each commodity listed in Column 19A, enter the volume in the units specified in Column 19C for the crop year entered in Column19B that were delivered to the cooperative by nonmembers. |
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19F Member Cooperative Volume |
For each commodity listed in Column 19A, enter the volume in the units specified in Column 19C for the crop year entered in Item19B that were delivered to the cooperative by member cooperatives. |
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19G Total Volume |
For each commodity identified by crop year in Column 19B, enter the total of Columns 19D, 19E, and 19F. |
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19H Totals |
Enter the total for all entries in Columns 19D, E, F, and G. |
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20 Required Resolutions |
The board of directors shall adopt the resolutions defined in this item and make them a part of the official minutes of the applicable board meeting. Enter the date of the board meeting where these resolutions were adopted. The cooperative’s Secretary must sign and date the certification. |
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21 Certification |
Carefully read the certification statement. The cooperative’s authorized official must sign, enter their title, and date the document. |