FSA Programs

dmiller · Sep 4, 2014

As my grain opportunities change I am thinking about enrolling in the FSA programs. I have never been enrolled before and am a bit dubious about what I'm getting into if I do.
The fincial/risk mgt of it sounds great. What all string go with it though?

IaGary · Sep 4, 2014

The biggest ropes will be following a tillage plan if you have Highly Erodible Land and carry Crop Insurance.

That's about he only 2 strings tied to the payments.

You will have to report your planted acres and kep yield records depending on which program you chose.

Gary

paul · Sep 5, 2014

As well we are totally changing the program, everything is changing, your land base acres might be corrected, there are going to be 2 different insurance plans you pick one and live with it for 5 years no changing....

Going to be a lot of confusion over winter, as we still sign up for 2014 crop year this fall/winter.

Might want to go talk to your county extension agent for ideas if it pays for you or not to get into it.

You can talk to the FSA office too of course, but some offices are easier to talk to than others, pick the one of these 2 you get along with to get ideas? Some FSA offices are more about processing you and don't want to bother explaining stuff is what I have found - sign here and here and there, next.....

It will matter if your land has a history of being in the farm program or not, if you rent land your land owners will need to sign stuff once a year or so,

Paul

Mikein Ky · Sep 12, 2014

I get FSA payments and I have never had crop insurance. Don't even know how to get it. I also farm some highly erodible land. So far they have been easy to deal with. very helpful actually.

dmiller · Sep 14, 2014

Sounds like it will not matter. The ground I'm finding hasn't been farmed in so long that it doesn't have "base acres" and isn't part of the system.
Is it possible to get it to become part of the system?

John 37A · Sep 15, 2014

I just picked up 8 acres that was not row-cropped for about 12 years (it became a hay field for a hobbiest). It was farmed for 2 years by a friend before I took it over this year. It is in the fsa system. Idk if it was already or if the previous farmer did it.

dmiller · Sep 15, 2014

One of the places I'm looking at hasn't been farmed since the 50's.

tractorguy2 · Sep 15, 2014

Well I don't trust them.The left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. This story is 100% true it happened to me.
In the 90's I went to report my wheat acres. I made the mistake of pointing out on their map a 3 acre patch of wheat between the windbreak and the county road.

They got excited right way because the 3 acres was on a slight hill. I was told I could not farm that patch. I had to plant it to native grass. I had to use the approved FSA grass seeding drill. I could not use the one I all ready had. I was told the drill was completely free to use. So, I planted the grass went to returned the drill and was asked how many acres I planted? Well, I looked at them with the dumbest look and said the 3 acres you guys pointed out on the map. I was then told I had to plant 5 acres to use there drill for free. I now owed $75 for use of there drill!
I was also told if I mowed the grass I had to leave at least six inches tall.

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