DEADLINES

March 6 — Deadline to apply for ECP due to November 6th fire

March 15 — Deadline for 2023 ARCPLC Election & Enrollment

March 15 — Deadline to purchase 2023 NAP Coverage

March 22 — NRCS and Conservation District Workshop

June 2 — PARP/ERP Phase Two Deadline

February 27 through April 7, 2023 — CRP/General Signup

ECP Sign-up for

Fire Damage 

We're running an Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) sign-up for anyone who lost fences in the November 6, 2022 fire in Edmunds County.  Sign-up runs through March 6th.  Please contact the office if you lost fences in the fire.

Agricultural Risk

Coverage or Price Loss

Coverage (ARCPLC) 

March 15th is the last day to sign your contract for election and enrollment in ARCPLC for the 2023 contract year.  The ARCPLC appendix may be found at: https:// http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/ USDA-FSA-Public/usda files/arc-plc/2019/pdf/appendix-to-arc_plc-contracts.pdf

Noninsured Crop Disaster

Assistance Program (NAP) 

March 15th is the last day to buy coverage for NAP.  NAP provides risk protection against multiperil losses for crops that insurance is not available. NAP information may be found at: https:// http://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/disaster-assistance-program/noninsured-crop-disaster-assistance/ index

PARP/ERP Phase 2 Sign-up

USDA announced two new programs that wrap-up and fill remaining gaps in previous natural disaster and pandemic assistance.  To be eligible for ERP (Emergency Relief Program) Phase Two, producers must have suffered a decrease in allowable gross revenue in 2020 or 2021 due to necessary expenses related to losses of eligible crops from a qualifying natural disaster event. Assistance will be primarily to producers of crops that were not covered by Federal Crop Insurance or NAP, since crops covered by Federal Crop Insurance and NAP were included in the assistance under ERP Phase One.  

To be eligible for PARP (Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program), an agricultural producer must have been in the business of farming during at least part of the 2020 calendar year and had a 15% or greater decrease in allowable gross revenue for the 2020 calendar year, as compared to a baseline year. 

The ERP Phase 2 and PARP application period is open from January 23, 2023, through June 2, 2023.  For more information, producers should contact their local USDA service center or reference the ERP Phase Two Fact Sheet, PARP Fact Sheet or the ERP Phase Two-PARP Comparison Fact Sheet. 

Keeping Livestock

Inventory Records is Key

Livestock inventory records are necessary in the event of a natural disaster, so remember to keep them updated.

When disasters strike, the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help you if you’ve suffered excessive livestock death losses and grazing or feed losses due to eligible natural disasters.

To participate in livestock disaster assistance programs, you’ll be required to provide verifiable documentation of death losses resulting from an eligible adverse weather event and must submit a notice of loss to your local FSA office within 30 calendar days of when the loss of livestock is apparent. For grazing or feed losses, you must submit a notice of loss to your local FSA office within 30 calendar days of when the loss is apparent and should maintain documentation and receipts.

You should record all pertinent information regarding livestock inventory records including:

• Documentation of the number, kind, type, and weight range of livestock

• Beginning inventory supported by birth recordings or purchase receipts.

For more information, contact the Edmunds County USDA Service Center at (605)426-6951 or visit fsa.usda.gov.