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Show ASCS Offers Area Farmers Crop Disaster Assistance The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service will administer a crop disaster assistance program to compensate eligible producers for crop losses caused by drought, flood, and other natural disaster in either 1990 or 1991. "To be eligible, producers with crop insurance must have had losses greater than 35 percent," said county ASCS official Brad Reeve. "Producers without crop insurance must have had losses greater than 40 percent." Program applications may be filed from Feb. 3 through Mar. 13, 1992. The 1990-91 crop disaster program provides cash payments for production losses on participating program crops of wheat and feed grains; and all commercial non-program non-program crops. Reeve said producers who intend to file should begin to assemble their records now, so they will be ready when the program opens. He said that farmers will receive a special mailing with specific information on the program this month. "If a producer does not receive the disaster program information in the mail by Feb. 3, he or she should call the county ASCS office." Reeve explained that a producer may not file on one crop on a farm for one year and a different crop on the same farm for the other. "However, the producer may request benefits for 1990 on one farm and for 1991 on another farm." The ASCS official said disaster payments would be computed according to the 1990 Farm Bill, and expects to begin issuing payments to farmers by April 16. Further details of the disaster payment program may be obtained from the local ASCS office. |
