Logan County E-NEWS

Wednesday, December 15, 2010                                  Issue# 12-10-2

Logan County Farm Service Agency                Phone: (217) 735-5508 Ext. 2

1650 5th St                                                               Fax : (217) 732-9916

Lincoln, IL    62656                                               Hours: M-F, 8:00 am to 4:30 PM

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News & Information

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Topics Covered:

·         2011 COC Election Results

·         2011 Farm Program Sign Up

·         E-Forms

 

2011 Logan County Committee Election Results

The 2011 Logan County Committee election was held Wednesday on December 8th at 9:30 AM at the Logan County FSA office.  Congratulation goes out to Rodney Conklen who is the winner for Local Administrative Area #1 (West Lincoln, Corwin, Broadwell, Prairie Creek, Orvil, and Sheridan Townships) election.  Dennis Ramlow will be the 1st Alternate.

Rod will be serving his 3rd and final 3 year term on the Logan County Committee.  A big thank you goes out to both candidates for running in this year’s election and stepping up to the plate to represent their local farmers and landowners.  A thank you also goes out to all who voted in the election and keeping the County Committee grassroots system alive.

Your 2011 Logan County FSA Committee:

  • Rodney Conklen
  • Edwin Dahmm
  • Dorothy Gleason
  • John Poffenbarger

 

 

2011 Farm Program Sign Up

Stop in the office to sign your contracts for the 2011 ACRE/DCP program.  You can elect to receive a 22% advanced payment in January.  No appointment necessary so stop in at your convenience!

ACRE Participants: 

  • You will need to certify your 2010 actual farm yield (no production evidence needed up certification).  Please verify the ACRES and YIELD.
  • Use FSA-578 acres
  • Use dry bushels (15.5%)
  • If you had a farm number change in 2010, you will also need to establish a benchmark farm yield for the new farm number.    

AS ALWAYS: Keep your farm program contracts current to evade any errors in the payment process.  Don’t wait for US to catch the mistake after the payment has already been made.

 

Need a Form??

You don’t have to drive all the way to the office for a new form.  Many forms are available on the internet and it is even possible to submit forms electronically.  Below is a link to FSA’s E-Forms website.

E-Forms Link

 

Click on “Browse Forms”

 

Type the form number and search. 

Call the office if you have a form number inquiry.

 

 

December Interest Rates

9-month Commodity loans ….        1.250%

Farm Storage Facility Loans

  7-year note ……………………..           2.000%

 10-yr note ……………………….            2.750%

 12-yr note ……………………….            3.000%

 

 

Trivia Question

We’ve had some chilly temperatures so far this holiday season, but what is the coldest temperature ever recorded for Lincoln, IL?

(E-mail responses preferred)

 

Happy Holidays from the Logan County FSA Office!

 

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Respectfully,

John Peters

John.Peters@il.usda.gov

 

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