The final day to update yield history or reallocate base acres is Feb. 27, reports Delta Farm Press.
If a farmer chooses not to update yields or reallocate base acres, then the farm will retain the base acres and counter-cyclical yields in effect on Sept. 30, 2013, excluding upland cotton base acres, for the 2014 to 2018 Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. Upland cotton base acres are automatically converted to generic base, which is not part of the base reallocation decision.
Only covered commodities may have base acres reallocated and yields updated. Covered commodities include wheat, oats, barley, corn, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans, sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, sesame seed, dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, large chickpeas and peanuts. Upland cotton is no longer a covered commodity.
Also, farmers have until March 31 to choose commodity farm safety coverage offered by the ARC and PLC programs.
Contact a local FSA county office for more information or to make an appointment. To find your local FSA county office, visit www.offices.usda.gov.