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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Lee Roadarmel in Effingham County reminds producers to report prevented planting and failed acres in order to establish or retain FSA program eligibility. Producers should report crop acreage they intended to plant, but due to natural disaster, were prevented from planting.

Prevented planting acreage must be reported on form FSA-576 (notice of loss), no later than 15 calendar days after the final planting date as established by FSA and the Risk Management Agency.

According to Roadarmel, the final planting date for corn is June 5, 2019 and soybeans is June 20, 2019.

Producers with failed acres should also use form FSA-576 to report failed acres before the destruction of the crop.

For losses on crops covered by the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program and crop insurance, producers must file a notice of loss within 15 days of the occurrence of the disaster or when losses become apparent. Producers must file a timely notice of loss form for failed acres on all crops including grasses.

Please contact the Effingham County FSA office at 217-347-7107 to schedule an appointment to file a notice of loss. To find your local FSA office, visit https://www.farmers.gov.