2018 Acreage, Prevented Planting & Failed Reporting Dates

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The FSA offices are asking if producers have completed planting your 2018-spring crops, please come into your local FSA office to get your report filed. In order to comply with FSA program eligibility requirements, all producers are encouraged to visit their local office to file an accurate crop certification report of their 2018 soybeans (including double-crop), corn, grain sorghum, and cover crops by Monday, July 16th.
The following exceptions apply to the July 16 reporting date:
– If the crop has not been planted by the above acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 15 calendar days after planting is completed.
– If a producer acquires additional acreage after the above acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 30 calendar days after purchase or acquiring the lease. Appropriate documentation must be provided to the county office.
– Producers should report crop acreage they intended to plant, but due to natural disaster, were prevented from planting. Prevented planting acreage must be reported on form CCC-576, Notice of Loss, no later than 15 calendar days after the final planting date as established by FSA and Risk Management Agency (RMA). All prevented planting applications will be reviewed by the committee to determine approval/disapproval. The deadline to file a corn prevented planting is June 11 (due to the final date falling on a weekend day) and the deadline to file a grain sorghum and soybean prevented planting application is July 5th. If a producer is unable to report the prevented planting acreage within the 15 calendar days following the final planting date, a late-filed report can be submitted. Late-filed reports will only be accepted if FSA conducts a farm visit to assess the eligible disaster condition that prevented the crop from being planted. A measurement service fee will be charged.
– Producers with failed acres should also use form CCC-576, Notice of Loss, to report failed acres within 15 days of the failed acres becoming evident.