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Calendar of Program Deadlines

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	Program Disclaimer: The 2018 Farm Bill has expired. Some programs may not be available until a new Farm Bill is passed.
Date	Deadline
January 2	Acreage Reporting Deadline for Honey
January 15	Acreage Reporting Deadline for apples, blueberries, cranberries, peaches, grapes, & strawberries
January 30	Final Date to Submit and Application for Payment for the Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish, Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), and Livestock Forage Program (LFP) for the prior calendar year.
January 31	Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payment (LDP) Deadline for prior year harvested wool, mohair and unshorn pelts (LDP only)
March 15	Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) & Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Program Annual Election & Enrollment Deadline
March 15	Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) Coverage Deadline for Current Calendar Year Spring and Fall Crops**
March 31	MAL and LDP Deadline for prior year harvested wheat, barley, canola, crambe, flaxseed, honey, oats, rapeseed, and sesame seed
TBD	Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) -General Sign Up Deadline
May 1	NAP Coverage Deadline for Subsequent Calendar Year Nursery Crops
TBD	Conservation Reserve Program - Grasslands Sign-up Deadline
May 31	Acreage reporting Deadline for Subsequent Year Nursery Crops
May 31	MAL and LDP Deadline for prior year harvested corn, soybeans and other oilseeds, grain sorghum, and pulse crops
July 15	Acreage Reporting Deadline Soybeans, Corn and Other Spring-planted Feed Grains, Perennial Forage, CRP, hemp & Most Other Crops*
August 1	NAP Coverage Deadline for Subsequent Calendar Year Strawberries
August 15	Acreage Reporting Deadline for Processing Beans
September 30	NAP Coverage Deadline for Subsequent Year's Small Grains, Grasses, Mixed Forage, Aquaculture, Christmas trees, Flowers, Sod, and Garlic
September 30	Acreage Reporting Deadline value loss crops except nursery value loss crops except nursery (i.e. Aquaculture, Christmas trees, Flowers, Sod)
November 15	Acreage reporting Deadline for Fall Planted Small Grains
November 20	NAP Coverage Deadline for Most Fruit trees, Caneberries, Grapes, and Blueberries
TBD	Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) (the 2023 program closed Jan. 31, 2023)
December 31	NAP Coverage Deadline for Subsequent Calendar Year Honey and Spring Crops**

*Crops with NAP coverage must be reported at least 15 days prior to the onset of harvest regardless of the acreage reporting deadline.
**Click here for a complete list of NAP closing deadlines, by closing date or by crop name.

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Upcoming Events

Date	Event
Dec. 8, 2023	3rd Annual NJ State of the Food System Summit

If you would like FSA to participate in an event you are hosting, please contact Gabi Grunstein at (848) 482-7724

Office Closure Dates

January 1, 2024	FSA offices are closed - New Years Day
January 15, 2024	FSA offices are closed - Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.
February 19, 2024	FSA offices are closed - Washington's Birthday
May 27, 2024	FSA offices are closed - Memorial Day
June 19, 2024	FSA offices are closed - Juneteenth
July 4, 2024	FSA offices are closed - Independence Day
September 2, 2024	FSA offices are closed -Labor Day
October 14, 2024	FSA offices are closed – Columbus Day
November 11, 2024	FSA offices are closed -Veterans Day
November 28, 2024	FSA offices are closed - Thanksgiving Day
December 25, 2023	FSA offices are closed - Christmas Day