Hello again! It is with a little sadness that I will sit back and watch as the 2008-09 school year begins. In September of 1996, that big yellow bus pulled up in front of our house and my little 5-year-old boarded the bus for her first day of kindergarten. This was a brave little soul [...]
Hi again, Another weekend of summer bites the dust. It seems like only yesterday the children were getting out of school and the summer had just begun. Parents are now busy school shopping and preparing to send their children back to school. Some parents do this with great anticipation, as others are not looking forward [...]
Hello again! This year has found everyone in the office helping do acreage reports and sign producers into the Direct Counter-Cyclical Program. Sometimes, one can forget everything they need to do to meet our program procedures. I found a popular forgetful moment for producers was getting approval from Natural Resources Conservation Service prior to breaking [...]
Hello again! This week I’m going to reissue a previous article I wrote. Amazingly enough the same issues I wrote about two years ago are still points of contention at FSA offices. Most county offices have gone to appointments to better assist producers. Please try to keep your appointment if at all possible. Please reschedule [...]
Hi again, In last week’s article, I mentioned that qualifying for the Quality Loss Program required certain actions on behalf of producers. I wanted to clarify a couple of issues that may have been misleading. First, a producer does have to have a quantity loss application on file. However, that application does not have to [...]
Hello again, The start of July doesn’t seem to have brought much help to us in the hay making department. Thank God for Sunfilm and tube wrappers as dry hay is just about impossible in central eastern Ohio. Wheat harvest will need to crank up soon or I don’t see too many double crop beans [...]
Hello again! The Farm Service Agency has a youth loan program to establish and operate income-producing projects of modest size in connection with their participation in 4-H clubs, FFA, and similar organizations. Each project must be part of an organized and supervised program of work. The project must be planned and operated with the help [...]
Hello again! Foreign investors who buy, sell or hold a direct or indirect interest in U.S. agricultural land must report their holdings and transactions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Failure to timely file an accurate report can result in a penalty with fines up to 25 percent of the fair market value of the [...]
Hello again! I’d like to discuss prevented planting and failed crops with you. It’s important to remember that you need to report prevented planted acreage and failed crops to your local Farm Service Agency office. This applies to all crops, whether covered by crop insurance, not covered by insurance, or covered by Farm Service Agency’s [...]
Hello again! Looks like farmers in the area are getting some field work done — in between rains, that is. While you’re out there working ground, are you going to be a “sodbuster” this year? The term “sodbusting” is used to identify the plowing up of erosion-prone grasslands for use as cropland. Sodbuster violations are [...]
