Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Deadline for grazing, livestock losses aid nears

U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director John W. McCauley reminds eligible ranchers and livestock producers who had livestock losses or grazing losses during the 2011 crop year that the deadline for applying for benefits under the Livestock Forage Disaster Program and the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program is Monday.

For more information, including eligibility requirements, on FSA’s livestock disaster assistance programs, contact the FSA center in Salem at 988-2180 or KYSALEM-FSA@ONE.USDA.GOV. Information may also be obtained on line at http://www.fsa.usda.gov.