USDA Farm Service Agency’s Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) helps producers when a natural disaster causes a catastrophic loss of production or prevented planting of an eligible crop. NAP provides coverage comparable to basic crop insurance provided by Risk Management Agency.
An eligible crop for NAP coverage is a commercial crop for which a catastrophic (CAT) level of crop insurance is not available through crop insurance and the crop is grown for food or fiber. This coverage includes livestock feed but does not include trees for timber production. Eligible crops include aquaculture, floriculture, ornamental nursery plants, Christmas trees, turf grass sod, seed crops and most truck crops. All crops are not eligible. Please visit or telephone your local FSA county office to verify if your crop is eligible for the NAP program.
An application for coverage must be filed with the FSA office in which the crop is grown. The application service fee is $250 per crop. Producers that meet the requirements of a limited resource farmer or beginning farmer will have their service fee waived. Contact your FSA county office for the criteria to apply under the limited resource farmer provisions.
Producers with NAP coverage under the 2022 NAP program may notify their FSA county office that they wish to have the same coverage (exact same crops) for 2022 crop year. The producer does not have to visit the office nor sign a new application for coverage, but the applicable service fees for 2023 must be received by the FSA office by the final application closing date for the applicable crop. All new producers must pay the applicable fee by Feb. 28 and complete an application for coverage.
Most row crops grown in Tallahatchie County are covered by federal crop insurance, so NAP coverage does not apply to them. NAP would apply to crops like sweet potato, vegetable crops, pecans, hay or pasture grazing acres or any other commercial grown vegetable crops, not cover by federal crop insurance.
