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For Immediate Release: Jan. 17, 2013
Media Contact: Jennifer Cole Montana USDA Farm Service Agency (406) 587-6786
Deadline for Marketing Assistance Loans & LDPs on 2012 wool shorn is Jan. 31
BOZEMAN, Mont., Jan. 17, 2013 - USDA Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Bruce Nelson reminds Montana agricultural producers of the Jan. 31st deadline to apply for Marketing Assistance Loans (MALs) and Loan Deficiency Payments (LDPs) on wool shorn from the 2012 crop year.
Interested producers are asked to contact FSA county offices right away to allow county offices time to process the loan and prepare the loan documents. MALs are nine-month loans available to producers to allow for more orderly marketing of commodities throughout the year. LDPs are available in lieu of MALs when commodity prices drop below county loan rates for that commodity.
The following is a summary of upcoming FSA deadlines:
- Jan. 2: 2013 Crop Year FSA Acreage Reporting Deadline for Honey covered under NAP (or 30 days after placement of colonies)
- Jan. 15: 2013 Crop Year FSA Acreage Reporting Deadline for Cherries
- Jan. 31: Final date to apply for loans or LDPs on 2012 crop year wool shorn
- March 15: NAP Sales Closing Deadline for all 2013 spring planted and forage crops, including grass for hay and grazing
- March 16: CRP Managed Spring Grazing Period Begins
- March 25: USDA Claims Filing Deadline for Hispanic & Women Farmers and Ranchers (Claims Contact Info: www.farmerclaims.gov - 1-888-508-4429)
- March 31: Final date to apply for loans or LDPs on 2012 crop year harvested barley, canola, crambe, flaxseed, honey, oats, rapeseed, wheat, and sesame seed
- May 14: CRP Managed Spring Grazing Period Ends
- May 31: Final date to apply for loans or LDPs on 2012 crop year harvested corn, dry peas, grain sorghum, lentils, mustard seed, rice, safflower seed, chickpeas, soybeans and sunflower seed
- June 7: SURE Disaster Program Signup Deadline for 2011 Crop Year
- July 15: 2013 Crop Year FSA Acreage Reporting Deadline for Spring Seeded: Grass, Mixed Forage, Alfalfa, Clover, the year of seeding (annual & perennial types), Barley, Canola, Corn, Dry Beans, Dry Peas, Flax, Mustard, Spring Oats, Potatoes, Safflower, Sugar Beets, Sunflowers, Spring Wheat, CRP and all other crops
- July 15: 2012 Crop Year NAP Production Report Deadline
- July 15: 2012 Crop Year NAP Application for Payment Deadline
- July 15: 2012 Crop Year ACRE Production Report Deadline
- July 16: CRP Managed Summer/Fall Grazing Period Begins
- Sept. 13: CRP Managed Summer/Fall Grazing Period Ends
- Nov. 12: All Hay Bales Must be Removed from CRP Acres
- Nov. 15: 2014 Crop Year FSA Acreage Reporting Deadline for Fall Seeded: Grass, Mixed Forage, Alfalfa, Clover, the year of seeding (annual and perennial types), Established Grass, Mixed Forage, Alfalfa, Clover in years subsequent to the year of seeding (perennial types), Apiculture, Fall Wheat, and all other Fall-Seeded Small Grains
For more information, contact your local county FSA Office and visit us online at www.fsa.usda.gov/mt.
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