The USDA has extended the acreage reporting deadline to July 22 for spring planted crops in twelve states. The twelve states include Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Kentucky, North Dakota, and Tennessee.
Farm Service Agency (FSA) administrator Richard Fordyce says
the new deadline is to help accommodate farmers who have been battling the
weather. “Farmers were still trying to
make planting decisions up until just a few days ago,” he says. “If they hadn’t made a decision whether they
were going to be able to plant for not plant they weren’t attempting to make an
acreage report.”
He tells Brownfield for farmers to be eligible for several USDA
programs they have to file their crop acreage reports in a timely manner. “One that comes to mind is the ARC/PLC
program,” he says. “And any other types
of programs that come about.”
Fordyce says farmers in affected states need to call and set
up appointments with their local FSA county offices before the July 22nd
deadline.
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