Disaster program sign-up ends Sept. 9
By WILLIAM J. HARMON
Executive Director
Marion County FSA
County producers who suffered crop losses from damaging weather in 2003 or 2004 have until Sept. 9 to sign up for benefits under the Farm Service Agency's Crop Disaster Program (CDP).
Sign-up for the program opened March 14. To meet deadline requirements, producers must submit a completed application and all supporting documentation by Sept. 9.
Producers suffering a greater than 35 percent production loss or more than a 20 percent quality loss are eligible.
The payment rate for CDP is 65 percent of the established commodity price for insured crops and noninsurable crops, and 60 percent of the price for uninsured commodities.
Producers may apply for CDP for any crops that are eligible for coverage under the Federal Crop Insurance or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance (NAP) programs. Already more than $1.3 million has been paid to more than 1,700 separate crop units in Marion County that suffered losses during the 2003-04 period.
For more information on these issues, contact your local county USDA Service Center or visit FSA's Web site at http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov/.
