Broadcaster Press 7 March 22, 2016 www.broadcasteronline.com FSA Notes By Keith L. Zanter Clay County and Union County FSA Office grain, pulse crops (lentils, chickpeas and dry peas), hay, honey, renewable biomass, fruits, nuts and vegetables for cold storage facilities, floriculture, hops, maple sap, rye, milk, cheese, butter, yogurt, meat and poultry (unprocessed), eggs, and aquaculture (excluding systems that maintain live animals through uptake and discharge of water). Qualified facilities include grain bins, hay barns and cold storage facilities for eligible commodities. Loans up to $50,000 can be secured by a promissory note/security agreement and some loans between $50,000 and $100,000 will no longer require additional security. Producers do not need to demonstrate the lack of commercial credit availability to apply. The loans are designed to assist a diverse range of farming operations, including small and mid-sized businesses, new farmers, operations supplying local food and farmers markets, non-traditional farm products, and underserved producers. To learn more about the FSA Farm Storage Facility Loan, visit www.fsa.usda.gov/pricesupport or contact your local FSA county office. To find your local FSA county office, visit http://offices. usda.gov. • Breaking New Ground Agricultural producers are reminded to consult with FSA and NRCS before breaking out new ground for production purposes as doing so without prior authorization may put a producer’s federal farm program benefits in jeopardy. This is especially true for land that must meet Highly Erodible Land (HEL) and Wetland Conservation (WC) provisions. Producers with HEL determined soils are required to apply tillage, crop residue and rotational requirements as specified in their conservation plan. Producers should notify FSA as a first point of contact prior to conducting land clearing or drainage type projects to ensure the proposed actions • Time to Enroll in the 2016 Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Program The Clay County FSA and the Union County FSA offices are currently taking signup for the Agriculture Risk Coverage and the Price Loss Coverage (ARC-PLC) for crop year 2016. This year the annual signup ends August 1, 2016; however the office would like to have everyone enrolled for the 2016 program prior to planting beginning this Spring. If a farm is not enrolled during the 2016 enrollment period, producers on that farm will not be eligible for financial assistance from the ARC or PLC programs should crop prices or farm revenues fall below the historical price or revenue benchmarks established by the program. Both offices are about half done with this process, therefore operators who have not been to our office should immediately schedule an appointment or at least schedule an appointment prior to spring planting season. If you are a Union County producer please contact the office at (605) 356-3308 #2 and if you are a Clay County producer please contact the office at (605) 624-7060 #2 to schedule an appointment. • Update your Records If you have any new farm changes for 2016 (such as: sold land, bought land, rented new land, will not be renting, change in rental arrangements, or the land is now owned by a trust) please report these changes to the appropriate County FSA Office right away so we can get the records updated to ensure program eligibility. Other changes may include farm name changes or creating corp. LLP, LLC, Partnership, Trusts, etc. If you have any updates or corrections, please contact our office to update your records ASAP. • ARCPLC Acreage Maintenance Producers enrolled in Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) must protect all cropland and noncropland acres on the farm from wind and water erosion and noxious weeds. Producers who sign ARC county or individual contracts and PLC contracts agree to effectively control noxious weeds on the farm according to sound agricultural practices. If a producer fails to take necessary actions to correct a maintenance problem on a farm that is enrolled in ARC or PLC the County Committee Sunset Manor Avera is now may elect to terminate the accepting applications for contract for the program year. the following positions to • Foreign Buyers Notifijoin our excellent team of cation caring professionals: The Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) requires all foreign Certified Nursing owners of U.S. agricultural land to report their holdings Assistant to the Secretary of AgriFull-time position culture. The Farm Service Agency administers this program for USDA. All individuals who are not Activity U.S. citizens, and have purAssistant chased or sold agricultural land in the county are rePart-time position quired to report the transacavailable tion to FSA within 90 days of the closing. Failure to submit the AFIDA form (FSA-153) could result in civil penalties Dietary Assistant of up to 25 percent of the fair Part-time position market value of the property. County government offices, available to work Realtors, attorneys and others involved in real estate every other transactions are reminded weekend to notify foreign investors of these reporting requirements. • USDA is an equal opFor application materials portunity provider, employcontact the Personnel er and lender. Office at To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Sunset Manor Assistant Secretary for Civil Irene, S.D. at Rights, Office of the Assistant (605) 263-3318 Secretary for Civil Rights, or apply online at 1400 Independence Avenue, www.avera.org S.W., Stop 9410, Washington, DC 20250-9410, or call toll-free at (866) 632-9992 (English) or (800) 877-8339(TDD) or (866) 377-8642 (English Federal-relay) or (800) 8456136 (Spanish Federal-relay). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. • Farm Storage Facility Loans (Grain Storage Loans) Farm Storage Facility Loans (FSFL) are available at the FSA office for the purchase and installation of eligible grain bins, permanent drying equipment, or the remodeling of existing bins. Loans are available up to $500,000. For loans or borrower’s total outstanding loans over $100,000 require a real estate mortgage. With the FSFL program a cash flow, balance sheet and one year of tax returns are needed along with construction estimates. Loans are set up on a fixed interest rate term. The current interest rate on a 7 year loan is 1.625%, 10 year is 1.875 and 12 year is 2.00. If you are interested in the program or would like additional information, please contact the office. • Farm Storage Facility Loans FSA’s Farm Storage Facility Loan (FSFL) program provides low-interest financing to producers to build or upgrade storage facilities. The low-interest funds can be used to build or upgrade permanent facilities to store commodities. Eligible commodities include corn, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans, oats, peanuts, wheat, barley, minor oilseeds harvested as whole Visiting International students aged 15 - 17 years old are seeking host families in the area for an academic year or semester. Exchange students from countries such as Brazil, Norway, China, meet compliance criteria such as clearing any and Germany become full memtrees to create new cropland, then these areas will bers of their host family while learning their family’s traditions need to be reviewed to ensure such work will not and sharing their own. It’s a great risk your eligibility for benefits. way to learn a new culture and Landowners and operators complete the form add a little spark to your daily routine while promoting internaAD-1026 - Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) and Wetland Conservation (WC) Certifica- tional diplomacy at a local level. 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