Farm Service Agency SURE program deadline Friday

[June 06, 2013]  SPRINGFIELD -- Scherrie V. Giamanco, state executive director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Illinois Farm Service Agency, reminds producers that Friday is the deadline to apply for assistance for 2011 crop losses under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments program. The SURE program provides crop disaster assistance payments to eligible producers on farms that have incurred crop production or quality losses.

For more information about the Farm Service Agency's disaster assistance programs, visit your local FSA county office or http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov/.

[Text from file received from Illinois Farm Service Agency]