FSA acreage reporting deadline extended
Risk
management deadline unchanged
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[July 17, 2013]
SPRINGFIELD -- The USDA Farm
Service Agency in Illinois has announced an extension of the FSA
acreage reporting deadline. Farmers and landowners have an
additional 18 calendar days to submit their annual report of acreage
to their local FSA county office, with the deadline extended from
July 15 to Aug. 2. Only the FSA reporting deadline has been
extended. The acreage reporting requirement for crop insurance was
not changed and remained as July 15.
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"We want to ensure our producers maintain their program benefits by
filing their reports accurately and in a timely manner for all crops
and land uses, including prevented and failed acreage," said
Scherrie V. Giamanco, FSA state executive director. Accurate
acreage reports are necessary to determine and maintain eligibility
for various programs, such as the Direct and Counter-cyclical
Program, known as DCP; the Average Crop Revenue Election Program, or
ACRE; the Conservation Reserve Program, CRP; and the Non-insured
Crop Disaster Assistance Program, NAR.
Acreage reports for FSA are considered timely this year when
filed at the county office by the new applicable final crop
reporting deadline of Aug. 2. Producers should contact their county
FSA office if they are uncertain about reporting deadlines.
While FSA is able to extend its deadline, Brian Frieden, director
of the Springfield office of the Risk Management Agency, emphasized
that RMA’s acreage reporting date was still on Monday for most
spring-planted crops in the country.
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Farmers are reminded to report any loss to their insurance
company within 72 hours of discovery. Farmers must report prevented
planting acreage in writing to their insurance company within 15
calendar days after the final planting date. Losses must be
reported, and an insurance adjuster must view and release the crop
before the crop is destroyed. Farmers are also reminded to contact
their insurance agent if they have any questions about coverage,
prevented planting, or for reporting and processing a claim.
Crop insurance is sold and delivered solely through private crop
insurance agents. Contact a local crop insurance agent for more
information about the program. A list of crop insurance agents is
available at all USDA Service Centers or on the RMA website at
www.rma.usda.gov/tools/agents.
Producers also should visit their USDA Service Center to complete
acreage reporting for FSA. For questions on this or any FSA program,
producers should contact their FSA county office or seek information
online at www.fsa.usda.gov.
[Text from file received from
Illinois Farm Service Agency] |