{"id":112322,"date":"2020-07-07T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=112322"},"modified":"2020-07-07T11:50:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T15:50:32","slug":"usda-announces-flexibilities-for-producers-filing-notice-of-loss-for-failed-prevented-planted-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=112322","title":{"rendered":"USDA announces flexibilities for producers filing \u2018notice of loss\u2019 for failed, prevented planted acres"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing additional flexibilities for producers to file on acres with failed crops or crops that were prevented from planting because of extreme weather events. USDA\u2019s Farm Service Agency is adding these flexibilities for\u00a0Notice of Loss<\/em>\u00a0on both insured and uninsured crops to enable Service Centers to best assist producers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith many program deadlines approaching, our Service Centers are working hard to accommodate as many producer appointments as possible,\u201d said FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce. \u201cBy providing flexibilities to our Notice of Loss<\/em> policy, we can ensure we provide the best customer service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filing for Prevented Planted Acres<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For insured crops, producers who timely filed a prevented planted claim with the reinsurance company but filed a Notice of Loss<\/em> (CCC-576) form after the deadline will be considered timely filed for FSA purposes. FSA can use data from the Risk Management Agency (RMA) for accepting the report of prevented planting with FSA. If the information is not available through RMA, the producer may also provide proper evidence to FSA that the prevented planted claim was timely filed with the reinsurance company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For uninsured crops, producers may start a Notice of Loss<\/em> (CCC-576) by calling their FSA county office, or they may print and complete the Notice of Loss<\/em> (CCC\u2011576<\/a>) form from home and send to their county office. For prevented planted acreage, Notice of Loss<\/em> forms mailed to the FSA office must be postmarked by the final acreage reporting date in the county to be considered timely filed. For all prevented planted cases, the Report of Acreage<\/em> (FSA-578) form and the completed and signed Notice of Loss<\/em> (CCC-576) must<\/strong> be filed by the applicable acreage reporting date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filing for Failed Acres<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For failed acreage of uninsured crops, the Notice of Loss<\/em> (CCC-576) must be completed, signed and verified before the disposition of the crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When to File a \u2018Notice of Loss\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Notice of Loss<\/em> cannot be filed for a crop before the final planting date, but it can be filed before completing the crop acreage report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Information<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Producers who miss FSA\u2019s July 15 acreage reporting deadline<\/a> will not face a late filing fee if filed within a month of the deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For questions, contact your FSA county office. To locate your FSA county office at your Service Center, visit farmers.gov\/service-center-locator<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All USDA Service Centers are open for business, including some that are open to visitors to conduct business in person by appointment only. All Service Center visitors wishing to conduct business with FSA, Natural Resources Conservation Service or any other Service Center agency should call ahead and schedule an appointment. Service Centers that are open for appointments will pre-screen visitors based on health concerns or recent travel, and visitors must adhere to social distancing guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitors may also be required to wear a face covering during their appointment. Field work will continue with appropriate social distancing. Our program delivery staff will be in the office, and they will be working with our producers in office, by phone and using online tools. More information can be found at farmers.gov\/coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing additional flexibilities for producers to file on acres with failed crops or crops that were prevented from planting because of extreme weather events. USDA\u2019s Farm Service Agency is adding these flexibilities for\u00a0Notice of Loss\u00a0on both insured and uninsured crops to enable Service Centers to best assist producers.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWith […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23679,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agfarming","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Tractor-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C664&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-tdE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}