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Lindsay Caragher

Deputy State Executive Director

lindsay.caragher@usda.gov

New Jersey State Committee

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National Deadlines
- Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
  June 6, 2025
- Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP)
  August 15, 2025
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Farmers in the following counties are eligible for Emergency Loans through the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA)
- Secretarial Designation S5908 - New Jersey
  - For Drought beginning on 04/01/2025
  - New Jersey Primary Counties: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester
  - New Jersey contiguous counties: Burlington, Camden, Ocean, Salem
  - Loan application deadline: 12/08/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5908 - New Jersey
  - For Drought beginning on 5/19/2024
  - New Jersey Primary Counties: Gloucester, Salem
  - New Jersey contiguous counties: Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland
  - Loan application deadline: 08/11/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5907 - New Jersey
  - For Drought beginning on 6/05/2024
  - New Jersey Primary Counties: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland
  - New Jersey contiguous counties: Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem
  - Loan application deadline: 08/11/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5906 - New Jersey
  - For Drought and Excessive Heat beginning on 6/01/2024
  - New Jersey Primary Counties: Burlington, Camden, Ocean
  - New Jersey contiguous counties: Atlantic, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth
  - Loan application deadline: 08/11/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5905 - New Jersey
  - For Drought and Excessive Heat beginning on 6/25/2024
  - New Jersey Primary Counties: Hunterdon, Somerset
  - New Jersey contiguous counties: Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Union, Warren
  - Loan application deadline: 08/11/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5875 - New York
  - For Hurricane Debby from 08/05/2024 - 08/10/2024
  - New Jersey contiguous counties: Sussex, Passaic
  - Loan application deadline: 07/28/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5889 - Pennsylvania
  - For Drought beginning on 11/19/2024
  - New Jersey contiguous counties: Gloucester
  - Loan application deadline: 07/25/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5872 - New Jersey
  - For Excessive Rain and High Winds beginning on 07/16/2024
  - New Jersey Primary Counties: Sussex
  - New Jersey contiguous counties: Morris, Passaic, Warren
  - Loan application deadline: 07/15/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5871 - New Jersey
  - For Excessive Heat beginning on 06/01/2024
  - New Jersey Primary Counties: Morris, Sussex, Warren
  - New Jersey contiguous counties: Essex, Hunterdon, Passaic, Somerset, Union
  - Loan application deadline: 07/15/2025
- Administrator's Designation N1779 - New Jersey
  - For Excessive Rain and High Winds beginning on 07/16/2024
  - New Jersey Primary Counties: Hunterdon, Somerset
  - New Jersey contiguous counties: Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Union, Warren
  - Loan application deadline: 05/27/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5785 - Delaware
  - For Drought and Excessive Heat beginning on 06/01/2024
  - New Jersey contiguous counties: Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem
  - Loan application deadline: 05/27/2025
Please contact your local County Office for more information.
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New Jersey Disaster Designations
NAP Coverage Closing Dates

May 1
- Nursery
August 1
- Strawberries
September 30
- Flowers
- Grass (SOD)
- Garlic
- Grass (Hay)
- Mixed Forage
- Rye
- Teff
November 20
- Apricots
- Caneberries
- Cherries
- Grapes
- Onions
- Pears
- Plums
December 21
- Honey
- Asparagus
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Greens
- Herbs
- Horseradish
- Kohlrabi
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Parsnip
- Peas
- Radishes
- Rhubarb
- Turnips
- Water Cress
March 15
- Beans
- Brussel Sprouts
- Canary Melon
- Cantaloupes
- Celery
- Corn-PR
- Crenshaw Melon
- Cucumbers
- Eggplant
- Honeydew
- Korean Golden Melon
- Oats
- Okra
- Peppers
- Potatoes, Sweet
- Pumpkins
- Rutabaga
- Shallots
- Sorghum-FG
- Squash
- Sunflower
- Tomatillos
- Tomatoes
- Watermelon
- Yam
Learn More

Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP
The Farm Service Agency is seeking to hire loss adjuster (LA) throughout the state. LAs are:
- required to have knowledge of field crops and specialty crops, as well as a thorough understanding and execution of crop adjusting guidelines and program provisions, as applicable to FSA programs. LA’s are self-employed; therefore, health and retirement benefits are not provided. LA’s are responsible for paying all taxes on earned income.
- responsible for obtaining equipment necessary to perform required inspection/appraisal duties. Some equipment such as cameras and GPS measuring devices may be available through the FSA county office.
- required to complete training
For additional information please contact Aly Dyson, NJ FSA Farm Program Disaster Specialist, Alyson.Dyson@usda.gov.
Click here for complete job description.

Farm Service Agency is Seeking Loss Adjusters
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)
- November 15 - Fall Planted Small Grains
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
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 2025 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.
Acreage Reporting Deadlines & Approved Double Cropping Combinations