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Reporting deadlines fast approaching for producers participating in Farm Service Agency programs

By
Fraser Norton, Rock County FSA director

 
Important Dates
Nov. 9: County Committee Election Ballots mailed to voters in LAA #3
Nov. 11: FSA Office closed for Veterans Day
Nov. 16: 2016 Apiculture, Perennial Forage and Fall-Seeded Small Grains Crop Acreage certification deadline
Nov. 20: 2016 MPP-Dairy sign-up deadline
Nov. 20: CRP Grassland Phase 1 application deadline
Nov. 20: 2016 NAP Perennial Fruits and Vegetables sales deadline
Nov. 26: FSA Office closed for Thanksgiving Day
Ongoing: Continuous CRP sign-up
 
Important News Items
Reporting of 2016 Forage and Fall Seeded Crops
Rock County producers are reminded that the acreage reporting deadline for all forage and fall seeded crops is fast approaching. The acreage-reporting deadline of Nov. 16, 2015, applies to the following:
•Forage for grazing, including pasture;
•Forage production - fall seeding (insured/no insurance); 
•Forage production - prior year seeding (insured/no insurance);
•Fall seeded small grains (winter wheat, oats, barley, etc.).
The FSA Office recently mailed the required documentation to Rock County forage producers. So please check your mail, sign the FSA-578 form and return it to the FSA Office as soon as possible. Since we do not know who might have planted any small grains this fall, the onus will be on these producers to report such crops to FSA by the Nov. 16 deadline.
Late-filed fees will apply when filing an acreage report with FSA after the Nov. 16, 2015, deadline for these crops.
July 15, 2016 will remain as the deadline to file an acreage report with FSA for most other crops, including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acreage. 
Producers are required to file an annual acreage report at the FSA Office for all of the cropland acreage on the farm in order to be eligible to receive payments for the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, CRP, Commodity Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments (LDPs), as well as FSA Disaster Programs and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP). 
Producers are also encouraged to report all pasture they may have, including native grass and wooded pastures, etc., to FSA for future program purposes such as the Livestock Forage Program (LFP).
 
 
 

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