OT/Mark-Mi FSA news post

rrlund · Jul 30, 2008

I saw your message on the next page. Is it on if you haven't already signed up? The Montcalm County office is supposed to call me as soon as they know and haven't yet. I went in Monday TO sign up.I couldn't. If you were signed up before the judge stopped it July 8th,you can go ahead. If you haven't signed up and paid the fee,the email that they got from USDA said you will have to wait for further instructions. Has your local office said that you can go ahead and cut if you weren't signed up before July 8th?

rrlund · Jul 30, 2008

OK guys,I'll answer my own. Here's what I just found out when I called the office. DON'T GO OUT AND START CUTTING CRP unless you were signed up before July 8th. Becky's words to me were "It doesn't look like that program is going to work for you". She said that she mailed me a fact sheet on another program,but the mailman hasn't been here yet. She said with that one,you can cut as many acres as you want,you're not limited to 50%. BUT,you have to pay USDA 25% of the annual per acre payment on that land. You can only harvest it once every 3 years.She said it can only be cut between August 15th and September 5th. I don't know what the actual acronyn for the program is,but she pronounced it manny. Sounds like if you're hard up for feed and didn't get in on the critical feed use program,this one might save you. It's a little more expensive,but it might beat the heck out of cornstalks and snowballs.

rrlund · Jul 30, 2008

OK,this is the last time. I just got the mail. It's just called Managed Haying and Grazing. It's everything that I said above about it. ALSO,you have to get the CRP contract changed to include the Managed Haying and Grazing plan in your conservation plan [CPO] and have permission from the county FSA committee before you harvest EVEN IF it's included in your conservation plan. Clear as mud ain't it?

OT/Mark-Mi FSA news post

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