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In the News:
AGI Verification Process Requires Producers to Submit Forms to IRS
USDA and Internal Revenue Service will use an electronic information exchange process to ensure payments have not been issued to producers whose average adjusted gross income (AGI) exceeds certain limits.
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
A Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general signup will begin on March 12 and end on April 6. CRP has a 25-year legacy of successfully protecting the nation's natural resources through voluntary participation, while providing significant economic and environmental benefits to rural communities across the United States.
CRP is a voluntary program available to agricultural producers to help them use environmentally sensitive land for conservation benefits. Producers enrolled in CRP plant long-term, resource-conserving covers to improve the quality of water, control soil erosion and develop wildlife habitat. In return, USDA provides participants with rental payments and cost-share assistance. Contract duration is between 10 and 15 years. Producers with expiring contracts and producers with environmentally sensitive land are encouraged to evaluate their options under CRP. Producers also are encouraged to look into CRP’s other enrollment opportunities offered on a continuous, non-competitive, signup basis.
Additional information about CRP:
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)
The Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) is a voluntary conservation program that emphasizes support for working grazing operations, enhancement of plant and animal biodiversity and protection of grassland under threat of conversion to other uses.
Participants voluntarily limit future development and cropping uses of the land while retaining the right to conduct common grazing practices and operations related to the production of forage and seeding, subject to certain restrictions during nesting seasons of bird species that are in significant decline or are protected under Federal or State law. A grazing management plan is required for participants.
Producers may apply for GRP on a continuous bases at the local FSA or NRCS office. Applications will be periodically evaluated on an announced evaluation date for GRP funding as funding becomes available. Applications options are for a 10, 15, or 20 year rental contract or a permanent easement. Rental contracts receive an annual rental payment for the contract term. Rental rates are based on a county per acre rental rate. See the “Additional Information about GRP” link below for these rates. Permanent GRP easements receive payment based on the lowest amount of either the fair market value of the property less the grazing value of the land; geographical cap as determined by NRCS; or offer from landowner.
Additional information about GRP:
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) assists producers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by a natural disaster (tornado, wildfire, flooding, drought, etc.). The program assist with items such as debris removal, restoring or replacing fence, repairing conservation structures and providing water for livestock during drought. The ECP is a cost share assistance program providing up to 75 percent of the cost to rehabilitate damaged farmland or providing livestock water during drought.
If you have been affected by a natural disaster you should contact the local FSA office about the ECP. The local FSA office should be contacted before any repairs are begun on the damaged property.
Additional information about ECP:
Dates and Deadlines:
- January 23, 2012 - Enrollment start date for 2012 DCP and ACRE.
- March 12, 2012 - Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up begins.
- March 15, 2012 - NAP application closing date for summer and fall harvested crops as well as warm season grasses intended for summer grazing.
- May 1, 2012 - NAP application closing date for non-insurable ornamental nursery crops.
- June 1, 2012 - Regulatory deadline for 2012 ACRE election and 202 DCP and ACRE enrollment.
- June 1, 2012 - Deadline for 2010 SURE sign-up.
Ongoing:
- Final notice of loss for Livestock Indemnity Program within 30 days after death of livestock is apparent.
- NAP participants must provide notice of loss (CCC-576) due to damaging weather within 15 calendar days of a loss becoming apparent for a planted crop or within 15 calendar days of the final planting date if the crop cannot be planted.
Operating Loans = 1.375% Farm Ownership Loans = 3.375% Farm Ownership Down Payment Loans = 1.5% Youth Loans = 1.375% Emergency Loans = 3.75%
February Approved Loans
7-year loan term = 1.375% 10-year loan term = 2.000% 12-year loan term = 2.250%
Oklahoma State Farm Service Agency
Welcome! Oklahoma FSA strives to provide quality services to all Oklahoma farmers and ranchers through various commodity, conservation, credit and disaster programs. These programs not only provide a safety net to agriculture producers but also provide stability to rural communities and the Oklahoma economy as a whole.
Oklahoma FSA has a strong tradition of providing customer-based service to Oklahoma producers through its professional and dedicated staff. The state office is located in Stillwater on the Oklahoma State University campus while our 60 County Offices are positioned throughout the state to serve the needs of local farmers and ranchers. To find your local office click here.
Please visit our website periodically to obtain the most up-to-date agriculture information affecting you.
Oklahoma FSA State Committee
Cletus Carter (Chairperson) Steve Butler Brenda Neufeld Steve Nunley Jack Sherry
100 USDA, Suite 102 (Intersection of Farm Road and Orchard Street for GPS Purposes) Stillwater, OK 74074 (405) 742-1130 (405) 742-1177 - Fax
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