---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1421.7"
title: "7"
number: "1421.7"
heading: "Requesting MALs and LDPs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1421.7"
---

# §1421.7. Requesting MALs and LDPs.

- (a) A producer may apply for a MAL or LDP at any FSA county office. The receiving FSA county office will forward the MAL or LDP request to the administrative county office, as specified in [part 718 of this title](/cfr/7/part718.md), that is responsible for administrating programs for the farm on which the commodity was produced. The administrative county office will process and approve the MAL or LDP.
- (b) A MAL or LDP may be requested in person, by mail, or by electronic format designated by CCC. Forms prescribed by CCC may be obtained from the FSA Web site.
- (c) To receive a MAL or LDP for an eligible commodity, a producer must execute a note and security agreement or LDP application on or before the applicable final loan availability date, as follows:
  - (1) **March 31 of the year following the year in which the following crops are normally harvested—** barley, canola, flaxseed, oats, rapeseed, crambe, sesame seed, and wheat.
  - (2) **May 31 of the year following the year in which the following crops are normally harvested—** corn, grain sorghum, mustard seed, rice, safflower, soybeans, sunflower seed, dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas.
  - (3) January 31 of the year following the year in which peanuts are normally harvested or wool and mohair are normally sheared.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 63511, Oct. 11, 2002, as amended at 74 FR 15651, Apr. 7, 2009; 80 FR 121, Jan. 2, 2015]

### Source

Source: 67 FR 63511, Oct. 11, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 9031-9040 and 15 U.S.C. 714b and c.

### Amendments

[67 FR 63511, Oct. 11, 2002, as amended at 74 FR 15651, Apr. 7, 2009; 80 FR 121, Jan. 2, 2015]