Producers who file accurate and timely reports for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage can prevent the potential loss of FSA program benefits. Please pay close attention to the acreage reporting dates.

Producers of perennial forage and fall-seeded small grains must submit their 2015 acreage report for those crops to both the Farm Service Agency, and to their crop insurance agent, by November 15, 2014. This includes fall-seeded wheat, alfalfa, pasture for grazing, and grass that you intend to hay.

In prior years, reports for these crops were not due to FSA until late June/early July.

According to Dan Steinkruger, Nebraska FSA State Executive Director, “This change is part of an initiative at the national level to align acreage reporting dates between FSA and the Risk Management Agency (RMA), and reduce the crop reporting burden on producers."

Crop acreage reports are essential to maintaining eligibility for multiple FSA program benefits, and establishing a record of historical cropping. Currently proposed Farm Bill legislation continues the crop reporting requirement. Timely acreage reporting not only maintains your eligibility for traditional conservation, price support and production program benefits, but is also a requirement for critical disaster program assistance.

It is very important that producers accurately report the crop, crop acreage, intended use, irrigation practice, planting date and producer shares. Prevented planted acres must be reported within 15 days of the final planting date.

Failed acres must be reported to FSA within 15 days of when the loss becomes apparent for non-insurable crops, or otherwise prior to disposition of the crop.

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