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

06/10/2011 04:42 PM EDT

June 7, 2011

Release 0027.11
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.

An eligible livestock producer that owns or leases grazing land or pastureland physically located in the counties listed below may be eligible for an LFP payment as provided:

U.S. Drought Monitor Tier 1 Rated Counties (average payment is $20.00 per animal unit)
Colfax
McKinley
Mora
Rio Arriba
Taos

U.S. Drought Monitor Tier 2 Rated Counties (average payment is $40.00 per animal unit)
Harding
Sandoval

U.S. Drought Monitor Tier 3 Rated Counties (average payment is $60.00 per animal unit)
Bernalillo
Catron
Chaves
Cibola
Curry
Dona Ana
Eddy
Grant
Guadalupe
Hidalgo
Lea
Luna
Lincoln
Otero
Quay
Roosevelt
San Miguel
Santa Fe
Sierra
Socorro
Torrance
Union
Valencia

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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