Acreage reports accepted for fall seeded crops

The Warren County Farm Service Agency is accepting acreage until May 15 for all fall seeded crops such as wheat, barley, and oats for the 2007 crop year. Acreage reports are an important tool for farmers and producers especially when various disasters affect crops and acreage.

?Acreage reports are required if you want to be eligible for FSA programs,? said Gordon Wade, member of the Warren County FSA Committee.

Accurate acreage reports, including failed acreages and prevented planting acreage, can prevent the loss of benefits for a variety of programs. Programs such as the Direct-Counter Cyclical Payment (DCP), the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), and Price Support loans all require accurate and timely acreage reports. The local office will also accept acreage reports for spring seeded crops such as corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, nursery crops, etc., however these crops have a final reporting date of July 15, according to Wade.

?Acreage reports may be taken after May 15 for the fall seeded crops, but producers will have to pay a late fee to report after this date,? he said.

Acreage reports on crops for which the Non-Insurable Acreage Program (NAP) assistance may be paid, are due in the county office by the earlier of June 30 for small grains, and July 15 for all other crops, or 15 calendar days before the onset of harvest or grazing of the specific crop acreage being reported.

Wade says producers who have not reported their fall planted wheat, oats, or barley, should contact the FSA Service Center located at 811 Faulkner Springs Road to complete their reports by the May 15 deadline.