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Walworth-Campbell USDA News November 9, 2021

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Fall Acreage Reporting Deadline - Nov. 15th
FSA Encourages Farmers and Ranchers to Vote in County Committee Elections
Progression Lending from FSA
Dates to Remember

Fall Acreage Reporting Deadline - Nov. 15th

The deadline to report fall-seeded crops such as Winter Wheat, Rye and Triticale is November 15, 2021. Please provide a copy of your maps with the crops and plant dates to the office by the deadline to avoid a late-filed fee.

FSA Encourages Farmers and Ranchers to Vote in County Committee Elections

The 2021 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections began on Nov. 1, 2021, when ballots were mailed to eligible voters. The deadline to return ballots to local FSA offices, or to be postmarked, is Dec. 6, 2021.

County committee members are an important component of the operations of FSA and provide a link between the agricultural community and USDA. Farmers and ranchers elected to county committees help deliver FSA programs at the local level, applying their knowledge and judgment to make decisions on commodity price support programs; conservation programs; incentive indemnity and disaster programs for some commodities; emergency programs and eligibility. FSA committees operate within official regulations designed to carry out federal laws.

To be an eligible voter, farmers and ranchers must participate or cooperate in an FSA program. A person who is not of legal voting age but supervises and conducts the farming operations of an entire farm, may also be eligible to vote. A cooperating producer is someone who has provided information about their farming or ranching operation(s) but may not have applied or received FSA program benefits.

Eligible voters in local administrative area LAA 1, which consists of townships 125-76, 125-77, 125-78, 125-79, 126-76, 126-77, 126-78, 126-79, 127-78, 127-79, 128-78 and 128-79 who do not receive a ballot can obtain one from their local USDA Service Center.

Newly elected committee members will take office Jan. 1, 2022.

The candidates in this year’s election are:

Cody Allen is nominated in LAA 1, to serve as a committee member for a 3-year term. Allen resides in Mound City and has produced Corn, Soybeans, Wheat and Livestock for 5 years.

County committee election ballots were mailed to eligible voters beginning Nov. 1, 2021. The last day to return completed ballots to the Walworth-Campbell County USDA Service Center is Dec. 6, 2021.

More information on county committees, such as the new 2021 fact sheet, can be found on the FSA website at fsa.usda.gov/elections or at a local USDA Service Center.

Progression Lending from FSA

Farm Service Agency (FSA) farm loans are considered progression lending. Unlike loans from a commercial lender, FSA loans are intended to be temporary in nature. Our goal is to help you graduate to commercial credit, and our farm loan staff is available to help borrowers through training and credit counseling.

The FSA team will help borrowers identify their goals to ensure financial success. FSA staff will advise borrowers on developing strategies and a plan to meet your goals and graduate to commercial credit. FSA borrowers are responsible for the success of their farming operation, but FSA staff will help in an advisory role, providing the tools necessary to help you achieve your operational goals and manage your finances.

For more information on FSA farm loan programs, contact the Potter County USDA Service Center at 605-765-2572 or visit fsa.usda.gov.

Dates to Remember

November 11, 2021                Office Closed for Veteran's Day
November 15, 2021                Deadline to report fall-seeded crops
December 6, 2021                  Deadline to return Election Ballot
December 14, 2021                Deadline to apply for payment on NAP grazing losses
January 31, 2022                    Deadline for LFP and ELAP
March 15, 2022                       Deadline to sign-up for 2022 ARC/PLC
March 15, 2022                       Deadline to apply for 2022 NAP coverage

Walworth-Campbell USDA Service Center

4307 4th Ave
PO Box 347
Selby SD 57472

Phone: 605-649-7020
Fax: 855-256-9423

County Executive Director EJ Goetz eleanor.goetz@usda.gov sdselby-fsa@usda.gov	District Conservationist Denis Bachman denis.bachman@usda.gov sdselby-nrcs@usda.gov
Farm Loan Manager Chad Alexander chad.alexander@usda.gov
Program Technicians Darya Feiock Traci Frank Patricia Moser Jana Thorstenson	FSA County Committee Brandon Rau Roxanne Weisbeck Ralph Rabenberg Evan Salverson Joey Reuer

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