USDA Farm Service Agency urges producers to report prevented and failed acreage right away

[May 30, 2013]  SPRINGFIELD -- "With spring planting underway across most of Illinois, I would like to encourage producers to timely report any prevented or failed acreage to their local office," said Scherrie V. Giamanco, state executive director of the United States Department of Agriculture's Illinois Farm Service Agency:

"All failed acreage and prevented planted acreage should be reported timely to FSA whether insured or noninsured," said Giamanco. "This will ensure an accurate crop report and possible eligibility for future programs."

Failed acreage must be reported to FSA prior to disposition of the failed crop. Prevented planted acres should be reported within 15 days of the final planting date of the crop. Producers should contact their local FSA office or crop insurance agent to verify final planting dates for all crops since they vary among counties.

If a producer misses the reporting deadline for prevented planting, they should still report and may get credit for prevented planting acreage as long as the disaster condition may be verified by FSA.

To report prevented or failed acreage, producers must complete Form CCC-576, Notice of Loss for affected crops. (PDF form)

Producers should contact their local county FSA office if they have any questions about prevented and failed acreage reporting.

[Text from file received from Illinois Farm Service Agency]