DCP enrollment ends June 1

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Steve Glenn and Maggie Woods are seen approving DCP contracts for Warren County producers enrolling in the 2006 Direct-Counter Cyclical payment program while Hayden Bradley looks on. The final date to enroll without penalty is June 1, 2006.

Warren County Farm Service Agency director Steve Stubblefield reminds farmers and landowners participating in the Direct/Counter Cyclical Program (DCP) that June 1, 2006 is the final date to enroll without penalty to remain eligible for direct farm program payments on commodities such as wheat, corn, soybeans, and other grain crops. The enrollment period began in October, 2005.

According to Stubblefield, Warren County has approximately 370 contracts with producers. ?Probably eighty percent of the producers and landowners have visited the county office and completed the enrollment process. With a short time period remaining, we want to encourage all participants to come by the FSA service center and complete the contracts.?

Many of the local producers (the person actually growing the crop) have started the enrollment process, but the farm owners have yet to come by the county office and complete the signing. ?We want everyone to complete the signing without paying $100.00 fee for enrolling after June 1. If the June 1st deadline is missed, producers and landowners can still enroll until September 30, 2006 by paying the late-file fee? said Stubblefield. After September 30, 2006, the payment will be voided for the 2006 crop year.

If you have not enrolled your farm in the 2006 DCP program, please visit the Warren County FSA Service Center located at 811 Faulkner Springs Road during regular business hours of 8-4:30 Monday through Friday. Producer and landowners may also contact FSA at (931) 473-2277 to verify their enrollment.