Moniteau/Morgan County, MO USDA Service Center News - April 30, 2025
In This Issue:
May 26, 2025 - Memorial Day Holliday - USDA Service Centers Closed
July 15, 2025 - Crop Reporting Deadline
August 15, 2025 - ECAP Signup Deadline
FSA COC Meeting – Monthly Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - 8:30 am
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Don’t know much about Federal crop insurance, but you want to learn more?
Crop insurance is a risk management strategy that farmers use to protect their livelihoods. By purchasing a policy through a crop insurance agent, farmers are financially protected if there are losses due to a covered cause of loss. It’s not so different from car or homeowners insurance.
Start your journey out right by reading RMA’s Beginners Guide to Crop Insurance.
Landowners and operators are reminded that in order to receive payments from USDA, compliance with Highly Erodible Land (HEL) and Wetland Conservation (WC) provisions are required. Farmers with HEL determined soils are reminded of tillage, crop residue, and rotation requirements as specified per their conservation plan. Producers are to notify the USDA Farm Service Agency prior to breaking sod, clearing land (tree removal), and of any drainage projects (tiling, ditching, etc.) to ensure compliance. Failure to update certification of compliance, with form AD-1026, triggering applicable HEL and/or wetland determinations, for any of these situations, can result in the loss of FSA farm program payments, FSA farm loans, NRCS program payments, and premium subsidy to Federal Crop Insurance administered by RMA.
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) has implemented pre-authorized debit (PAD) for Farm Loan Program (FLP) borrowers. PAD is a voluntary and alternative method for making weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments on loans.
PAD payments are pre-authorized transactions that allow the National Financial and Accounting Operations Center (NFAOC) to electronically collect loan payments from a customer’s account at a financial institution.
PAD may be useful if you use nonfarm income from regular wages or salary to make payments on loans or adjustment offers or for payments from seasonal produce stands. PAD can only be established for future payments.
To request PAD, customers, along with their financial institution, must fill out form RD 3550-28. This form has no expiration date, but a separate form RD 3550-28 must be completed for each loan to which payments are to be applied. A fillable form can be accessed on the USDA Rural Development (RD) website at rd.usda.gov/publications/regulations-guidelines. Click forms and search for “Form 3550-28.”
If you have a “filter” on the account at your financial institution, you will need to provide the financial institution with the following information: Origination ID: 1220040804, Agency Name: USDA RD DCFO.
PAD is offered by FSA at no cost. Check with your financial institution to discuss any potential cost. Preauthorized debit has no expiration date, but you can cancel at any time by submitting a written request to your local FSA office. If a preauthorized debit agreement receives three payment rejections within a three-month period, the preauthorized debit agreement will be cancelled by FSA. The payment amount and due date of your loan is not affected by a cancellation of preauthorized debit. You are responsible to ensure your full payment is made by the due date.
For more information about PAD, contact your Cole County USDA Service Center at 573-893-5196 or visit fsa.usda.gov.
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Rates Effective April 1, 2025
Farm Storage Facility Loan: 3-year term: 4.000% Farm Storage Facility Loan: 5 -year term: 4.125% Farm Storage Facility Loan: 7-year term: 4.125% Farm Storage Facility Loan: 10-year term: 4.250% Farm Storage Facility Loan: 12-year term: 4.375%
Direct Farm Operating: 5.375% Direct Farm Ownership: 5.750% Direct Farm Ownership-Joint Financing: 3.750% Beginning Farmer Down Payment: 1.750%
Commodity Loans: 5.125%
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Moniteau/Morgan USDA Service Center
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Moniteau County Service Center FSA, NRCS, SWCD, & MDC 410 West Buchanan St California, MO 65018 Phone: (573) 796-4691
Morgan County Service Center 100 S Burke St Versailles, MO 65084 Phone: (573) 378-5822
Click here for Service Center Locator
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Moniteau FSA Email & Fax mocaliforn-fsa@usda.gov 1-855-826-0252
COC Members: Dylan Becker LAA-1 Charles Inglish LAA-2 Bryan Ratcliff LAA-3 Adrian Hooper LAA-4 Fred Smiley LAA-5 Leah Campbell- Minority Advisor
Next COC Meeting: May 20, 2025 at 8:30 am
Contact Ethan Hodges at 573-796-4691 x2 or ethan.hodges@usda.gov by May 19, 2025, with any questions or to request accommodations (e.g., an interpreter, translator, seating arrangements, etc.) or materials in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape – captioning, etc.).
Moniteau County NRCS Braden Schmitz Resource Conservationist 573-304-3012 braden.schmitz@usda.gov
Mike Snellen NRCS District Conservationist michael.snellen@usda.gov
Rory Concannon Soil Conservation Technician rory.concannon@usda.gov
Moniteau County SWCD Mary Robinette District Manager 573-304-3010 mary.robinette@swcd.mo.gov
Jon Roberts Shared District Specialist 573-304-3013 jon.roberts@swcd.mo.gov
Morgan County NRCS Kevin Franken NRCS District Conservationist 573-392-5667 ext.3 kevin.franken@usda.gov
Johnetta Yeager NRCS Soil Conservationist 573-378-5822 ext. 3 johnetta.yeager@usda.gov
Ben Burnett Soil Conservation Technician 573-378-5822 ext. 3 ben.burnett@swcd.mo.gov
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County Executive Director: Ethan Hodges 573-304-3009 ethan.hodges@usda.gov
Program Analysts: Tammy Bleich 573-304-3004 tammy.bleich@usda.gov
Ciara Folsom 573-304-3001 ciara.folsom@usda.gov
Dawn Atkinson 573-304-3002 dawn.atkinson@usda.gov
Farm Loan Contact: Moniteau County producers can contact the Farm Loan Team in Cole/Miller County at: 573-893-5196
Morgan County producers can contact the Farm Loan Team in Pettis County at: 660-826-3339
University of Missouri Extension/ 4-H Elaine Anderson Extension and Engagement Specialist 573-378-5358 andersonela@missouri.edu
Laura Baepler Moniteau County 4-H Youth Program Associate 573-304-3008 lbaepler@missouri.edu
Joni Harper Natural Resources Field Specialist 573-378-5358 rossjo@missouri.edu
Landon Bax 4-H Youth Development Specialist 573-378-5358 landon.bax@missouri.edu
Morgan County SWCD Patty Wittrock SWCD District Manager/District Specialist 573-378-5822 ext.3 patty.wittrock@swcd.mo.gov
Colby Lehman District Specialist 573-378-5822 ext.3 colby.bestgen@swcd.mo.gov
Emma Huffman Shared Fosa Technician 573-378-5822 ext. 3 emma.huffman@swcd.mo.gov
Missouri Department of Conservation Frank Drummond Wildlife Management Biologist 573-796-0286 frank.drummond@mdc.mo.gov
Nathan Skinner Forester 573-796-0286 nathan.skinner@mdc.mo.gov
Scott Williams Fisheries Management Biologist 573-796-0286 scott.williams@mdc.mo.gov
Nathan Cannon Private Lands Biologist nathan.cannon@mdc.mo.gov
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