31-May - Cotton, Corn, Grain Sorghum, Soybeans, Sunflower Seeds

NAP Insurance Sales Closing Dates:

1-Dec - Honey

31-Jan - All annually planted crops, both spring and fall

15-Aug - Perennial crops, forage crops for hay and grazing, and all value loss crops

Now - Inquire and Sign-up CRP Continuous Practices such as Riparian Buffers

Now - Emergency Conservation approved applicants -- report completed practices to FSA

1-Apr-31-Aug - CRP Nesting Season

31-May-09 ? Deadline to report tobacco planted acres

15-Jul - Deadline to report spring/summer-seeded crops

15-Jul - Deadline to certify and pay for final cotton acres for BWEP without a late fee assessed

1-Aug - Deadline for requesting the reconstitution of a farm with crop bases

14-Aug - Deadline to enroll into 2009 Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program (DCP) and Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE)

1-Nov - Tobacco Buy Out Program Successor In Interest Contracts for 2010, as well as contract transfers between family members due to death of contract holder or moving "purchased" quota

NOTE: If the crop being reported has NAP coverage, the final date to timely report the acreage is 15 days PRIOR to the onset of harvest or grazing. It is important for producers to remember that crops with NAP coverage will usually have a NAP crop reporting date EARLIER than the regularly established reporting dates for crops without NAP coverage.

8-Jun-09 - Designation S2769 in 9 counties due to Tropical Storm Fay

16-Jun-09 - Designation M1785 Amend 12 in 2 counties due to Tropical Storm Fay

29-Jun-09 - Designation S2788 in 47 counties due to Tropical Storm Fay

1-Jul-09 - Designation S2793 in 4 counties due to drought and excessive heat

1-Jul-09 - Designation S2796 in 6 counties due to drought

12-Aug-09 - Designation S2821 in 158 counties due to drought

12-Aug-09 - Designation S2822 in 8 counties due to severe storm with wind and hail

5-Oct-09 - Designation S2846 in 7 counties due to early frost

13-Oct-09 - Designation S2850 in 13 counties due to drought

21-Dec-09 - Designation M1831 in 4 counties due to severe storms, flooding, tornadoes and straight-line winds

23-Dec-09 - Designation M1833 in 50 counties due to severe storms, flooding, tornadoes and straight-line winds

28-Dec-09 - Designation M1831, Amend. 1, in 3 counties due to severe storms, flooding, tornadoes and straight-line winds

28-Dec-09 - Designation M1835 in 6 counties due to severe storms, flooding, tornadoes and straight-line winds

28-Dec-09 - Designation S2864 in 2 counties due to very cold weather and freezing temperatures

4-Jan-10 - Designation M1831, Amend. 2, in 3 counties due to severe storms, flooding, tornadoes and straight-line winds

4-Jan-10 - Designation M1833, Amend. 1, in 61 counties due to severe storms, flooding, tornadoes and straight-line winds

7-Jan-10 - Designation M1833, Amend. 3, in 18 counties due to severe storms, flooding, tornadoes and straight-line winds

8-Jan-10 - Designation M1836 in 3 counties due to severe storms, flooding, tornadoes and straight-line winds

11-Jan-10 - Designation N981 (Physical Loss Only), in 20 counties due to severe snowstorms

NOTE: All producers are encouraged to contact their local FSA office for information specific to the Emergency Loan Program and to determine whether their counties are declared under a certain designation.

355 East Hancock Avenue, STOP 100

Athens, Georgia 30601-2775

Phone: 706-546-2266

Fax: 706-546-2151

David L. Laster (Acting), 706-546-2166

David L. Laster (Acting), 706-546-2166

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The Farm Service Agency is a federal agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Located in all 50 states, our mission is to help American farmers provide reasonably priced food and fiber to the nation and the world.

The Georgia Farm Service Agency State Committee oversees the activities of the agency. The members are appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. They hear appeals from local farmers and guide the direction of agency policy.