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USDA ANNOUNCES IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIVESTOCK FORAGE DISASTER PROGRAM
05/16/2011 06:19 PM EDT
MEDIA RELEASE 048
CONTACT: James Robello, County Executive Director
(808) 871-5500 extension 2
USDA ANNOUNCES IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIVESTOCK FORAGE DISASTER PROGRAM
Kahului, Hawaii, April 27, 2011 – The USDA Farm Service Agency announced that producers on Maui, Molokai and Lanai may now begin applying for benefits under the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) for crop year 2011.
The USDA Farm Service Agency is committed to meeting the needs of producers who have suffered devastating losses due to a natural disaster. This program ensures that producers who have suffered agriculture losses receive the critical disaster assistance needed to remain financially solvent and help them continue on in their operations.
LFP provides direct payments to eligible livestock producers that have suffered livestock grazing losses due to qualifying drought or fire. For drought, the losses must have occurred on land that is native or improved pastureland with permanent vegetative cover or a crop planted specifically for grazing. The drought losses must also have occurred during the normal grazing period for the specific type of grazing land in the county. For fire, LFP provides payments to eligible livestock producers that have suffered grazing losses on rangeland managed by a federal agency if the eligible livestock producer is prohibited by the federal agency from grazing the normal permitted livestock on the managed rangeland due to a qualifying fire.
LFP eligibility is limited to producers who have purchased Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) or crop insurance coverage for 2011. Producers who meet the requirements of socially disadvantaged, limited resource or beginning farmer or rancher do not have to meet risk management purchase requirements. An average adjusted gross nonfarm income (AGI) limitation of $500,000 applies and is determined using the three taxable years that precede the most immediately preceding complete taxable year (for 2011, the applicable years are 2007, 2008 and 2009).
Eligible livestock must be maintained for commercial agricultural use. Eligible livestock under LFP include beef and dairy cattle, alpacas, buffalo, beefalo, deer, elk, emus, equine, goats, llamas, poultry, reindeer, sheep and swine. For losses due to drought, qualifying drought ratings are determined using the U.S. Drought Monitor located at http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html.
Livestock maintained for other than commercial agricultural use, such as rodeo stock, trail ride horses, or livestock for personal consumption are ineligible for benefits under LFP.
For more information on LFP visit the FSA web site at www.fsa.usda.gov or contact the USDA Maui County FSA office at (808) 871-5500 extension. 2.
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