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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
27 July 2011
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Press Release
27 July 2011
Juan M. Ortiz Serbiá, State Executive Director
FSA Announces Fiscal Year 2011 Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program for Geographically Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers (RTCP)
Juan M. Ortiz-Serbiá, Puerto Rico State Executive Director of the USDA-Farm Service Agency (FSA), announces that the Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program for Geographically Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers (RTCP) will be implemented during fiscal year 2011 to assist the Puerto Rico farmers who paid to transport either an agricultural commodity or an input used to produce an agricultural commodity. The RTCP program funds are authorized by the “Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Farm Bill)”.
The RCTP program will partially compensate farmers and ranchers outside the contiguous continental United States who are competitive in disadvantage when they move their products to market over long distances. All agricultural commodities (including horticulture, aquaculture and floriculture), feed production, fiber, livestock, insects or derived products, are eligible for the RTCP program.
Sign-up for Fiscal Year 2011 RTCP began on July 25, 2011. Applicants must file the RTCP application at the local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office no later than September 9, 2011. Since RTCP benefits are based on transportation costs incurred during the fiscal year, applicants will have until November 4, 2011, to provide supporting documentation of transporting agricultural products and commodities during fiscal year 2011 (October 1, 2010 thru September 30, 2011) to the local FSA offices.
Please contact your local FSA office for more information on the RTCP provisions and program eligibility. Also, you can visit the USDA’s website at www.fsa.usda.gov/pricesupport.
Local Offices: Adjuntas (787-829-2030); Arecibo (787-878-2580); Barranquitas (787-857-3940); Caguas (787-743-2203); Corozal (787-859-3678) (787-859-2880); Lares (787-897-4610); Mayaguez (787-831-3328); Ponce (787-841-3136); Utuado (787-894-1480)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all of its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, political beliefs, genetic information, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Stop 9410, Washington, DC 20250-9410, or call toll-free at (866) 632-9992 (English) or (800) 877-8339 (TDD) or (866) 377-8642 (English Federal-relay) or (800) 845-6136 (Spanish Federal-relay). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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