Upcoming Deadlines
- April 7, 2023 - CRP General Signup 60
- May 15, 2023 - Acreage Reporting: Spring Oats
- June 2, 2023 - ERP Phase 2 and PARP Deadline
- July 15, 2023 - Acreage Reporting: Summer Crops, Perennial Grass, CRP
Office Closures
- May 29, 2023 - In observance of Memorial Day
- June 19, 2023 - In observance of Juneteenth
Appointments
Our office doors are open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for you to drop in and take care of your business. However, appointments are encouraged so that we may serve you more efficiently. Please contact our office at 405-375-3200 x 2 with any questions or to make an appointment.
Things to Remember
- Keep your livestock records up-to-date. A good way to do this is to record your inventory by pastures on your calendar or in a notebook. In the event you lose animals to extreme weather, take pictures and report your loss to the FSA office immediately.
- Contact us reagrding any records changes - changes to bank accounts, transfer of land to trusts, land ownership changes, new land cquired through lease or purchae, etc.
- If you plant something, report it.
ELAP
Kingfisher County FSA may be able to help with water hauling or feed transportation mileage in excess of normal due to drought. Please contact the FSA office within 30 days of loss becoming apparent.
A program fact sheet with information about the ELAP program can be found here: ELAP Fact Sheet
Are your Farm Records Up-to-Date?
If you have bought land or taken on new leases, please provide FSA with a source document as soon as possible to support the change. The source document should hit the following points:
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Who Is Involved - This seems simple, but please, PLEASE, ensure the names on this document include all names and matches how the operation is presented to FSA.
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Property Description - This might be the FSA farm number (if the entire farm is covered) or the full legal description (best), but not the historical nickname of the place.
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When - Timeframe is important for determining which crop or fiscal years the agreement covers.
If you purchase, sell or otherwise acquire agriculture property, FSA needs notification from you. Realtors, auction companies, lawyers, banks, FSA Loans, nor the county clerk's office notify the FSA office about title transactions. This is the producers' responsibility. Provide the recorded deed, or other supporting document along with important information to the FSA office so these changes can be timely made.
Sign up for Text Alerts!
The fastest way to receive reminders of important program deadlines from Kingfisher County FSA is by text message. Producers can sign up for text alerts by:
- Creating a new text message on your cell phone.
- Type 372669 as the phone number.
- In the message box, type OKKINGFISHER
- Press Send. A confirmation message will be received if successful.
Signup began January 23 for additional emergency relief from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase Two.
To be eligible for Phase Two, producers must have suffered a decrease in allowable gross revenue in 2020 or 2021 due to necessary expenses related to losses of eligible crops from a qualifying natural disaster event. Eligible crops include both traditional insurable commodities and specialty crops that are produced in the United States as part of a farming operation and are intended to be commercially marketed. This also includes losses of eligible on-farm stored commodities. ERP Phase 2 applicants will use the following tax years when selecting allowable gross revenue:
- Benchmark years: 2018 and/or 2019; estimated for new producers with no 2018 or 2019 revenue or adjusted if the benchmark years are not representative of the disaster year due to a change in operation size.
- Disaster years: 2020 and/or 2021. The allowable gross revenue for the specific disaster year will be based on the tax yearapplicable to that revenue (2020, 2021 or 2022).
The ERP tool assists producers in calculating allowable gross revenue, as well as adjusted revenue for the benchmark years 2018 and 2019, and allowable gross revenue for representative tax years 2020-2022 which represent disaster years 2020 and 2021. Once producers complete the allowable gross revenue entries, they are able to print forms FSA-521 and FSA-521A through this tool.
The ERP Phase 2 and PARP application period is open from January 23 through June 2 2023.
For more information on payment calculations, payment limitations or how to determine allowable gross revenue, please reference the ERP Phase 2 fact sheet.
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The Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP) will assist eligible producers of agricultural commodities who experienced revenue decreases in calendar year 2020 compared to 2018 or 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. PARP will help address gaps in previous pandemic assistance, which was targeted at price loss or lack of market access, rather than overall revenue losses.
USDA's Farm Service Agency will accept PARP applications from January 23, 2023, through June 2, 2023.
Eligible and Ineligible Commodities
For PARP, eligible agricultural commodities include crops, aquaculture, livestock, livestock byproducts, or other animals or animal byproducts that are produced as part of a farming operation and are intended to be commercially marketed. This includes only commodities produced in the United States or those produced outside the United States by a producer located in the United States and marketed inside the United States.
The following commodities are not eligible for PARP:
- Wild free-roaming animals.
- Horses and other animals used or intended to be used for racing or wagering.
- Aquatic species that do not meet the definition of aquaculture.
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Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant that does not meet the definition of hemp.
- Timber.
Program Eligibility
PARP payments will be made on a whole-farm basis, not commodity-by-commodity. To be eligible for PARP, an agricultural producer must have been in the business of farming during at least part of the 2020 calendar year and must have experienced a 15 percent decrease in allowable gross revenue in 2020, as compared to either:
- The 2018 or 2019 calendar year, as elected by the producer, if they received allowable gross revenue during the 2018 or 2019 calendar years, or
- The producer’s expected 2020 calendar year allowable gross revenue, if the producer had no allowable gross revenue in 2018 or 2019.
PARP payments will be issued after the application period ends on June 2, 2023.
For more information on determining allowable gross revenue visit farmers.gov/coronavirus/pandemic-assistance/parp or review the PARP fact sheet.
More Information
To apply for PARP, contact your Kingfisher County USDA Service Center at 405-375-3200 x 2.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Oklahoma Tribal Conservation Advisory Council (OTCAC) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) will partner for a free conservation workshop on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
Join us for a conservation workshop and tour. The workshop will start at 9:00 a.m. at the Logan County Fairgrounds in Guthrie, Oklahoma. The tour will be located in Edmond, Oklahoma at Indigo Acres, owned and operated by Kevin Marshall. He has had eight successful years managing seasonal high tunnels. His presentation will include why healthy soil is important, choosing fresh plants and crops to consider growing, consideration on the seasonal high tunnel design, how to make the best of a four-season growing period, and an overview on a “Market Garden” system for a seasonal high tunnel. We will depart for the tour at 9:30 a.m. and return to the Logan County Fairgrounds for lunch at 12:30 p.m.
The following partners will provide USDA program updates: NRCS, FSA, and National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Conservation districts partners from Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, McClain, and Oklahoma counties will be available to provide updates regarding their state cost share programs.
Date: Thursday, April 13, 2023, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided.
Location: Logan County Fairgrounds, Educational Building, 215 Fairgrounds Road, Guthrie, Oklahoma 73044.
RSVP: Participants must register prior using following link: https://forms.gle/hgtFcQ8Pfur5bkj66
If persons with disabilities require accommodations to attend or participate in this event then they should contact Carol Crouch via voice @ #405-742-1203, Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339, or Carol.Crouch@usda.gov by April 10, 2023.
The USDA Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Direct Farm Ownership loans can help farmers and ranchers become owner-operators of family farms, improve and expand current operations, increase agricultural productivity, and assist with land tenure to save farmland for future generations.
There are three types of Direct Farm Ownership Loans: regular, down payment and joint financing. FSA also offers a Direct Farm Ownership Microloan option for smaller financial needs up to $50,000.
Joint financing allows FSA to provide more farmers and ranchers with access to capital. FSA lends up to 50 percent of the total amount financed. A commercial lender, a State program or the seller of the property being purchased, provides the balance of loan funds, with or without an FSA guarantee. The maximum loan amount for a joint financing loan is $600,000, and the repayment period for the loan is up to 40 years.
The operation must be an eligible farm enterprise. Farm Ownership loan funds cannot be used to finance nonfarm enterprises and all applicants must be able to meet general eligibility requirements. Loan applicants are also required to have participated in the business operations of a farm or ranch for at least three years out of the 10 years prior to the date the application is submitted. The applicant must show documentation that their participation in the business operation of the farm or ranch was not solely as a laborer.
For more information about farm loans, contact your Kingfisher County USDA Service Center at 405-375-3200 ext 4 or visit fsa.usda.gov.
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