FSA REMINDS PRODUCERS TO FILE 2011 LIVESTOCK FORAGE PROGRAM GRAZING LOSSES

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FSA REMINDS PRODUCERS TO FILE 2011 LIVESTOCK FORAGE PROGRAM GRAZING LOSSES

05/20/2011 03:39 PM EDT

May 16, 2011

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Contact: Andrew Ortiz (505) 761-4900

FSA REMINDS PRODUCERS TO FILE 2011 LIVESTOCK FORAGE PROGRAM GRAZING LOSSES

Albuquerque, NM - Salomon Ramirez, State Executive Director for the New Mexico USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA), today reminds eligible ranchers and livestock producers to file for 2011 Livestock Forage Program (LFP). Producers are encouraged to file an application for forage grazing losses that occurred on or before September 30, 2011. The application must be received no later than 30 calendar days after the end of the calendar year in which the loss occurs. The deadline to file for 2011 LFP forage grazing losses is January 30, 2012.

LFP provides payments to eligible livestock producers that have suffered livestock grazing losses due to qualifying drought or fire. Fire losses apply only to federally managed rangeland. Eligible livestock under this program includes beef cattle, alpacas, buffalo, beefalo, dairy cattle, deer, elk, emus, equine, goats, llamas, poultry, reindeer, sheep and swine.

Counties eligible for losses in 2011 are: Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Dona Ana, Eddy, Grant, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Luna, Otero, Quay, Roosevelt, Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro, Taos, Torrance, Union and Valencia counties.

An eligible livestock producer that owns or leases grazing land or pastureland physically located in a county rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a:

• D2 (severe drought) intensity in any area of the county for at least 8 consecutive weeks during the normal grazing period is eligible to receive assistance in an amount equal to 1 monthly payment.

• D3 (extreme drought) intensity in any area of the county at any time during the normal grazing period is eligible to receive assistance in an amount equal to 2 monthly payments.

• D3 (extreme drought) intensity in any area of the county for at least 4 weeks during the normal grazing period or is rated a D4 (exceptional drought) intensity at any time during the normal grazing period is eligible to receive assistance in an amount equal to 3 monthly payments.

Applicant(s) must have purchased insurance coverage through FSA's Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) or meet the waiver requirements as defined in the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, Section 2501 (e) (7 U.S.C. 2279(e)) to be a Socially Disadvantaged, Limited Resource, or Beginning Farmer or Rancher.

Producers can use the USDA’s Limited Resource Self-Determination Tool to help determine if they qualify as a limited resource producer for FSA disaster programs. The Tool can be found by visiting: http://www.lrftool.sc.egov.usda.gov/DeterminationTool.aspx?fyYear=2011.

A Beginner Farmer or Rancher is a producer that has not operated a farm or ranch and materially and substantially participated in the operation of a farm for more than 10 consecutive years

A socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher is a farmer or rancher who belongs to one of the following groups: American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander and Hispanic.

LFP program applicants should note that risk management provisions and certain payment limitation and adjusted gross income eligibility requirements must be met in order to qualify for livestock disaster program benefits.

For more information or to apply for LFP and other USDA Farm Service Agency disaster assistance programs, please contact your local County FSA Office. Information can also be obtained online at http://www.fsa.usda.gov.

 

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