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June 30, 2010

Susan Houston CNHI The Rushville Republican Wed Jun 30, 2010, 11:23 AM EDT

RUSHVILLE —

The annual, timely and accurate reporting of acres for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage, can prevent loss of benefits for a variety of FSA programs. All cropland on the farm must be reported to receive benefits from the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program, Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments. Conservation Reserve Program acreage must be reported to receive annual rental payments. And crop acreage for Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) must also be reported. Crop reports (form FSA-578 Report of Acreage), must account for all cropland on a farm, whether idle or planted. Producers needed to file their acreage reports by June 1 for Fall and Spring seeded small grains and July 15 for Spring seeded crops and CRP. Late files can be accepted for certification. There is a fee of $46 per farm for the first hour of verification. Additional half hour charges may apply if the spot check procedure requires more than an hour. Prevented Planting Prevented planting needs be reported no later than 15 calendar days after the final planting date. Failed Acreage Reports of failed acreage must be filed before disposition of the crop, and producers must be able to establish to the satisfaction of the county committee that the crop failed and was prevented from being replanted through the normal planting period because of natural disaster conditions. ACRE participants – yields needed If you are currently enrolled in the ACRE program, you must certify your benchmark yields and 2009 production by July 15. Please call the office to set up an appointment. You must bring your production in based off of your current farm numbers. SURE Program Producers are reminded that USDA has implemented the new Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Program in accordance with the 2008 Farm Bill. FSA county offices began accepting producer application for benefits on January 4, 2010, for crop production losses suffered during the 2008 crop year. SURE provides crop disaster assistance payments to eligible producers on farms that have incurred crop production or crop quality losses. The program takes into consideration crop losses on all crops grown by a producer nationwide. SURE provides assistance in an amount equal to 60 percent of the difference between the SURE farm guarantee and total farm revenue. The farm guarantee is based on the amount of crop insurance and NAP coverage on the farm. Total farm revenue takes into account the actual value of production on the farm as well as insurance indemnities and certain farm program payments. To be eligible for SURE, producers must have suffered at least a 10 percent production loss on a crop of economic significance. In addition, producers must meet the risk management purchase requirement by either obtaining a policy or plan of insurance, under the Federal Crop Insurance Act or NAP coverage, for all economically significant crops. For 2008 crops, producers had the opportunity to obtain a waiver of the risk management purchase requirement through a buy-in provision. Producers considered socially disadvantaged, a beginning farmer or rancher or a limited resource farmer may be eligible for SURE without a policy or plan of insurance or NAP coverage. For more information on the new SURE program, please visit your nearest FSA county office or http://www.fsa.usda.gov. We will add your name to the list and run your applications as soon as possible. Office Relocation The move date to combine Rush and Shelby County USDA Service Centers is scheduled for August 19.

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