Indiana FSA State News Bulletin - November 22, 2024
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USDA extended the application deadline for the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP) 2024 to December 13, 2024. This extension gives organic dairy producers two additional weeks to apply for the program. Eligible producers include certified organic dairy operations that produce milk from cows, goats and sheep.
ODMAP 2024 helps mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices that have created unique hardships in the organic dairy industry. Specifically, through ODMAP 2024, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is assisting organic dairy operations with projected marketing costs in 2024 calculated using their marketing costs in 2023.
ODMAP 2024 Program Improvements
Dairy producers who participate in ODMAP 2024 will benefit from improvements to provisions outlined in the program. Specifically, ODMAP 2024 provides a payment rate increase to $1.68 per hundredweight compared to the previous $1.10 per cwt. Additionally, the production cap has increased to nine million pounds compared to the previous five million pounds.
How ODMAP 2024 Works
FSA is providing financial assistance for a producer’s projected marketing costs in 2024 based on their 2023 costs. ODMAP 2024 provides a one-time cost-share payment based on marketing costs on pounds of organic milk marketed in the 2023 calendar year or estimated 2024 marketing costs for organic dairy operations that have increased milk production.
ODMAP 2024 provides financial assistance that immediately supports certified organic dairy operations during 2024 keeping organic dairy operations sustainable until markets return to more normal conditions.
How to Apply
FSA is now accepting applications through December 13. To apply, producers should contact FSA at their local USDA Service Center. To complete the ODMAP 2024 application, producers must certify pounds of 2023 milk production, show documentation of their organic certification and submit a completed application form.
Organic dairy operations are required to provide their USDA certification of organic status confirming operation as an organic dairy in 2024 and 2023 along with the certification of 2023 milk production or estimated 2024 milk production in hundredweight.
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ODMAP 2024 complements other assistance available to dairy producers, including Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC), with more than $36 million in benefits paid for the 2024 program year to date.
Mississippi State University is looking for landowners to share ideas and to give feedback on their new CRP Menu web tool that aims to provide information about FSA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) practices in Indiana. Landowners with all levels of experience with CRP are encouraged to participate in one of the following workshops.
Bedford, IN
December 10, 2024
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Logansport, IN
December 11, 2024
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Space is limited and registration is required. Refreshments will be served.
To register use the QR Code to the right, visit https://crpmenu.gri.msstate.edu/Workshops/.
If you have any questions, need more information about the project or assistance with registration, please contact Leann Hopper (Project Coordinator) by email lh1761@msstate.edu or by phone 662-325-2463.
If you need to request an accommodation, please contact Leann Hopper at 662-325-2463 to request accommodations (e.g., an interpreter, translator, seating arrangements, etc.) or materials in an alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape - captioning, etc.).
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 Have you been impacted by frost, heat, fire, smoke and risks of the marketplace?
Learn how a California Winegrape grower is overcoming harsh weather and market challenges with the help of USDA’s Risk Management Agency.
What happens when your most profitable crop is also your riskiest? That’s the case for Jason Smith, a second generation winegrape grower in California’s Salinas Valley. Jason says that putting food on your plate and wine in your glass also means putting crop insurance into his farm’s business plan.
The winegrape business is one shot at one harvest. If that crop is lost, so is the whole year. For Jason crop insurance has been paramount, especially over the last 10 years. Through the support of USDA and RMA, Jason along with other wine grape growers, have a sense of security to know that if a catastrophic event happens, they are going to be able to survive and plant again the next year.
Watch Producers Behind the Policies Coast to Coast with the Risk Management Agency to learn how Jason overcomes the risks associated with growing winegrapes in California. We can drink to that!
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The guide is an overview of USDA programs for producers, communities and partners who use or work with those who use organic agriculture production methods. This quick and easy-to-read guide provides programs across multiple USDA and non-USDA agencies available to those in the innovative production field, laid out in an easy to digest table format.
View the guide at: USDA Organic Programs at a Glance.
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The guide is an overview of USDA programs for producers, communities and partners who use or work with those who use innovative agriculture production methods including indoor controlled environment agriculture, rooftop farms, outdoor vertical production, green walls, high-tech vertical farms, greenhouses, and hydroponic, aeroponic, or aquaponic farms. This quick and easy-to-read guide provides programs across multiple USDA and non-USDA agencies available to those in the innovative production field, laid out in an easy to digest table format.
View the guide at USDA Innovative Production at a Glance.
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USDA 1994 Tribal Scholars Program
USDA offers a scholarship program that can fast-track your career in the agriculture sector. The program offers full tuition, fees, books, paid workforce training, and noncompetitive conversion to full-time USDA employment. Application period is open. Application deadline is January 31, 2025. Learn more and apply at: usda.gov/tribalrelations/1994-tribal-scholars-program.
USDA 1890 National Scholars Program
USDA 1890 National Scholars Program is aimed at bolstering educational and career opportunities for students from rural or underserved communities. The scholarship provides recipients with full tuition, fees, books, room and board. Scholars attend one of the 1890 land-grant universities and pursue degrees in agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, or related academic disciplines. Application period will open in January 2025. Learn more and apply at usda.gov/partnerships/1890NationalScholars.
November 28 – Offices Closed in Observance of Thanksgiving Day
December 2 – Deadline to Return COC Election Voted Ballots
December 13 - Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program Application Deadline
December 16 – Final Reporting Date for Fall Mint and Fall-Seeded Small Grains December 25 – Offices Closed in Observance of Christmas Day
December 31 – NAP Sales Closing Date for Hives (Honey) and Maple Sap
January 1, 2025 – Offices Closed in Observance of New Year’s Day
January 2, 2025 – Final Reporting Date for Hives (Honey) and Maple Taps
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