Farm Service Agency county committees are a critical component of the day-to-day operations of FSA and allow grassroots input and local administration of federal farm programs. Nationwide, more than 7,700 dedicated members of the agricultural community serve on FSA county committees. The committees are made up of three to 11 members who serve three-year terms.

Elections occur each year in certain Local Administrative Areas (LAA). LAAs are elective areas for FSA committees in a single county or multi-county jurisdiction. This can include LAAs that are focused on an urban or suburban area.  

Click below for local election information:

• Columbus Service Center (Burlington, Camden, Ocean)
• Frenchtown Service Center (Hunterdon, Somerset Union)
• Freehold Service Center (Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth)
• Mount Olive Service Center (Morris, Sussex, Warren) - coming soon
• Vineland Service Center (Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland)
• Woodstown Service Center (Gloucester, Salem)

A county committee election GIS locator tool is available to FSA customers providing the ability for you to identify the LAA you or your farming interests are located in. You can search by one of these search methods:

• Click the search box and type in an address,
• Click the Use Current Location, or
• Use the map tools to zoom to the area you are interested in and click on the location within the map.

For more information about your local election, please contact your USDA Service Center.

New Jersey Acreage Reporting Deadlines

• January 2 - Honey
• January 15 - Apples, Blueberries, Cranberries, Peaches, Grapes, & Strawberries
• June 2 - Subsequent Year Nursery Crops
• June 16 - Planting Period 1 Cabbage (Atlantic Co Only)
• July 15 - Soybeans, Corn and Other Spring Planted Feed Grains, Perennial Forage, CRP, Hemp & Most Other Crops, including fruits and vegetables
• August 15 - Processing Beans
• September 15 - Planting Period 2 Cabbage (Atlantic Co Only)
• September 30 - Value Loss Crops Except Nursery (i.e. Aquaculture, Christmas trees, Flowers, Sod) for subsequent year
• November 15 - Fall Planted Small Grains for subsequent year

Maps are now available at the your local County FSA Office for acreage reporting purposes. If you wish to receive your maps by e-mail, please call or email your office.
Producers are encouraged to file their acreage reports as soon as planting is completed.

Exceptions - The following exceptions apply to acreage reporting dates:

• If the crop has not been planted by the acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 15 calendar days after planting is completed.
• If a producer acquires additional acreage after the acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 30 calendar days after purchase or acquiring the lease. Appropriate documentation must be provided to the county office.
• Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) policy holders should note that the acreage reporting date for NAP-covered crops is the earlier of the dates listed above or 15 calendar days before grazing or harvesting of the crop begins

In order to maintain program eligibility and benefits, you must file timely acreage reports. Failure to file an acreage report by the crop acreage reporting deadline may cause ineligibility for future program benefits. FSA will not accept late -filed acreage reports provided more than a year after the acreage reporting deadline.

Double Cropping 

Each year, state committees will review and approve or disapprove county committee recommended changes or additions to specific combinations of crops.

Double-cropping is approved when the two specific crops have the capability to be planted and carried to maturity for the intended use, as reported by the producer, on the same acreage within a crop year under normal growing conditions. The specific combination of crops recommended by the county committee must be approved by the state committee.

Double-cropping is approved in New Jersey on a county-by-county basis. Click here to see the 2026 Approved Double Cropping Combination List or contact your local FSA Office for a list of approved double-cropping combinations for your county.

A crop following a cover crop terminated according to termination guidelines is approved double cropping and these combinations do not have to be approved by the state committee.