Edmunds County Tribune -

DEADLINE

June 15 — Committee Election Nomination period opens for LAA 2.

July 15 — Deadline to report acres.

July 15 — 2020 NAP production reporting deadline.

July 15 — 2020 ARC-IC production reporting deadline.

August 1 — Deadline to submit Nomination form for Committee election.

Acreage Reports

If you are done planting, it's time to report to FSA.

We are ready for farmers to complete their acreage reports.  If you haven’t received your maps, please call or email the office to get them.

When planting is complete, please e-mail or drop off your completed maps at the FSA office.  To properly complete the maps please follow these guidelines:

• Legibly write the crop planted, acres planted and plant date on each field.

• When splitting fields, the acres need to come back to the exact field acres and the approximate field boundaries needs to be drawn on the map.

• Verify CRP, pasture and forage acres listed on maps.

• Indicate any new breaking on the maps.

• Initial, date and list shares on the top of each map.

• Write cell phone number or e-mail address on map.

You will need to sign the Report of Acreage form (FSA-578) by the July 15th deadline.

Report Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance

Program (NAP) Losses

NAP provides financial assistance to you for crops that aren’t eligible for crop insurance to protect against lower yields or crops unable to be planted due to natural disasters including freeze, hail, excessive moisture, excessive wind or hurricanes, flood, excessive heat and qualifying drought (includes native grass for grazing), among others.

To receive payment, you had to purchase NAP coverage for 2021 crops and file a notice of loss the earlier of 15 days of the occurrence of the disaster or when losses become apparent or 15 days of the final harvest date.

Eligible crops must be commercially produced agricultural commodities for which crop insurance is not available, including perennial grass forage and grazing crops, fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, floriculture, ornamental nursery, aquaculture, turf grass, ginseng, honey, syrup, bioenergy, and industrial crops.

For more information on NAP, contact your County USDA Service Center or visit fsa.usda.gov/nap.

ELAP Covers Losses from Additional Cost of

Transporting Water to Livestock

If you’ve incurred additional operating costs for transporting water to livestock due to an eligible drought, assistance may be available to you through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP).

An eligible drought means that part or all of your county is designated D3 (extreme drought) or higher as indicated by the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Eligible livestock must be adult or non-adult dairy cattle, beef cattle, buffalo and beefalo, as well as alpacas, deer, elk, emus, equine, goats, llamas, reindeer, or sheep. Additionally, the livestock must have been owned 60 calendar days prior to the beginning of the drought and be physically located in the county designated as a disaster area due to drought. Adequate livestock watering systems or facilities must have existed before the drought occurred and producers are only eligible if they do not normally transport water to the livestock.

Livestock that were or would have been in a feedlot are not eligible for transporting water. ELAP covers the additional cost of transporting water and does not cover the cost of the water itself.

You must file a notice of loss on form CCC-851 the earlier of 30 calendar days of when the loss is apparent to you or by Jan. 31, 2022.  Additionally, the deadline to submit an application for payment for 2020 ELAP assistance is Jan. 31, 2022.

You’ll have to provide documentation to FSA that shows the method used to transport the water, the number of gallons of water transported and the number of eligible livestock to which water was transported.

To make an appointment to sign up for ELAP and to learn more about eligibility, application and documentation requirements, contact the Edmunds County USDA Service Center at 605-426-6951 or visit fsa.usda.gov.