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Fuller announces NAP application deadline for certain cropsKansas Bill R. Fuller, State Executive Director for the USDA Kansas Farm Service Agency, reminds producers that Sept. 1, 2008 is the application closing date for certain crops under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program. Crops eligible for NAP benefits are limited to those not insurable in the county and are produced for food or fiber. September 1 is the final date to pay the applicable service fee and obtain 2009 NAP coverage for barley, rye, triticale, wheat, aquaculture, canola, Christmas trees, nursery crops, speltz and turf grass sod. The administrative service fee is $250 per crop per administrative county not to exceed $750 per producer per administrative county and a $1,875 maximum fee for multi-county producers. Interested producers must pay the fee and file form CCC-471, Application for Coverage, by the application closing deadline. This coverage entitles eligible producers to a payment of 55 percent of an average market price for the commodity, if a natural disaster caused a 50 percent production loss (or greater) of an eligible crop. In the unfortunate event that a producer does suffer a loss on their particular crop, a form CCC-576, Notice of Loss, must be filed with FSA within 15 calendar days after the disaster occurrence, or the date the loss becomes apparent to the producer. Producers are limited to $100,000 in benefits per person per crop year. They must certify crop acres by applicable deadlines, maintain production evidence for three years, meet adjusted gross income provisions, and must comply with conservation compliance provisions in order to be eligible. Interested producers shall contact their local Farm Service Agency prior to the Sept. 1 application closing date to obtain NAP coverage. 8/4/08 Date: 7/31/08
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