Odds and ends…
» All 2020 final ARC/PLC payments have been disbursed in Tallahatchie County. The latest and final round of 2020 PLC payments was released on Nov. 10. In Tallahatchie County, this included only the 2020 rice PLC payment.
» It is time to certify wheat and/or any other fall-seeded cover crops. If you have planted some fall-seeded crop like wheat or a fall-seeded cover crop, Dec 15 is the final date to report those crops to FSA. Reporting cover crops is entirely voluntary, last year pandemic assistance bill provided the opportunity for producers who planted a fall-seeded cover crop to timely report those acres to FSA and receive a benefit of a reduction of their 2021 Federal Crop Insurance premium.
Until that legislation, there were no incentives for producers to report fall-seeded cover crops to FSA. Last year, regs were received so late that producers were given very little time to report fall-seeded cover crops. This year, it is truly unknown to me if the same premium reductions will apply in 2022 as were applied in 2021. However, by the time we know, it may be too late to report cover crops to FSA, regardless of what deadline is established by RMA for crop insurance premium reduction credit. If you have a fall-seeded cover crop planted, it may be to your benefit to report those acres to FSA this fall.
» Report any changes to FSA this winter. If you change anything — farms worked or owned, bank accounts for direct deposits, address, phone numbers or email addresses — report these change to FSA. It is the only way we have of keeping up with you to know where to send things and how to contact you.
» On the FSA County Committee election front, most eligible voters in Local Administrative Area 2, that covers the west side of the county plus the Macel and Philipp areas, should have received election ballots the first week of November. If anyone who owns or operates a farm or works as a tenant on a farm in LLA 2 in Tallahatchie County does not receive an election ballot by mid-November, just contact the county office and we can furnish one. Voters should mark the box for only one of the three nominees in LAA 2, and mail the ballot back to FSA by Dec. 6, 2021.
The staff of the Tallahatchie County USDA service Center would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.
For more information, contact the Tallahatchie County FSA office at 662-647-8857, ext 2.
