Release No: 04.04.12

 
Russ Raeder
608.662.4422 x111
Russell.raeder@wi.usda.gov

 
Cally Ehle
608.662.4422 x141
Cally.ehle@wi.usda.gov

 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 
2010 Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program Sign-up Now Available

 
(MADISON, WISCONSIN), April 4, 2012 – Wisconsin Farm Service Agency reminds producers that the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program 2010 crop year sign-up deadline ends June 1, 2012.

 
Producers who suffered losses due to natural disasters during the 2010 crop year may be eligible to receive SURE assistance.

 
To be eligible for SURE a farm must have:
  • At least a 10 percent production loss adjusted for quality on a crop of economic significance;
  • A policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for all economically significant crops;
  • Been physically located in a county that was declared a primary disaster county or contiguous county by the Agriculture Secretary under a Secretarial Disaster Designation. Without a Secretarial Disaster Designation, individual producers may be eligible if the actual production on the farm is less than 50 percent of the normal production on the farm due to a natural disaster.

 
In Wisconsin, the following counties were determined primary or contiguous for 2010:

 
Barron
Buffalo
Chippewa
Clark
Door
Dunn
Eau Claire
Florence
Forest
Grant
Green
Jackson
Kewaunee
La Crosse
Lafayette
Langlade
Lincoln
Marathon
Marinette
Menominee
Oconto
Oneida
Pepin
Portage
Price
Rock
Rusk
Shawano
Taylor
Trempealeau
Vilas
Waupaca
Wood

 
Producers considered socially disadvantaged, a beginning farmer or rancher, or a limited resource farmer may be eligible for SURE without a policy or plan of insurance or NAP coverage.

 
For more information on the 2010 SURE program, visit any FSA county office or http://www.fsa.usda.gov/sure.

 
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