The deadline is Dec. 10 for eligible ranchers and livestock producers to apply for benefits under the Livestock Forage Disaster Program, according to Shane Seay, Limestone County executive director of the USDA’s Farm Service Agency.
The benefits are for losses incurred during the calendar year 2008. For losses incurred during the 2009 calendar year, the deadline to apply is Jan. 23, 2010.
The benefits cover those who have lost grazing material to drought or fire. Fire losses apply only to federally managed rangeland. For losses due to drought, ratings are determined using the U.S. Drought Monitor, which can be accessed at www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html.
To qualify for LFP benefits, the applicant must have purchased coverage through FSA’s Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance program or the Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance Program offered through the Risk Management Agency.
Producers who meet the requirements of a socially disadvantaged, limited resource or beginning farmer or rancher as defined in the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 do not have to meet the Risk Management Purchase Requirement and are not required to have paid the buy-in fee.
For more information, call the FSA office at (256) 232-4025 or visit www.fsa.usda.gov.
Local News
Livestock disaster assistance deadline Dec. 10
- Local News
-
-
BREAKING: State offers $1.75 million in incentives for steel plant
On Monday, the Limestone County Commission and Athens City Council held a joint meeting to approve local incentives for the company, including a sales and property tax abatement worth $22 million.
-
Quick-acting deputies nab burglary suspects
-
ALDOT to begin slide repair on I-65
Motorists are requested to consider using alternate routes, adjust arrival/departure times, observe work zone speed limits and other work zone and detour signs and use extreme caution between exits 328 and 334.
-
Ala. House starts session with job creation bills
The House also approved bills offering tax incentives to coal mining businesses and to data processing companies.
-
Judge: Bishop inquest transcript to be made public
Bishop is in prison awaiting trial, charged with opening fire on her co-workers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in February 2010, killing three and wounding three.
-
Gas prices up; could hit $4 by spring
Gas prices have risen steadily over the past several days to above the $3.30 mark in most locations across the state.
-
MORE STORIES: Click LOCAL NEWS bar at top left
Click "Local News" bar at top left for more stories
-
Williams reflects on 1st week of session
With the first week of the 2012 Alabama Legislative session in the books, Rep. Dan Williams, R-Athens, is enjoying a victory after the House passed a jobs bill that includes an amendment he sponsored.
-
Cook, eat or bid on goods at upcoming Chili Challenge
The 24th annual Hospice of Limestone County Chili Challenge and Silent Auction will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Athens High School. - AMVETS offer free membership
- More Local News Headlines
-
BREAKING: State offers $1.75 million in incentives for steel plant
Obama Scraps Birth Control Mandate
US Airmen's Killer Sentenced to Life in Germany
Navy Names Ship for Gabrielle Giffords
Raw Video: Deadly Blasts in Syria
Romney Slams President Obama at CPAC
Gingrich: Pres. Obama 'waging War on Religion'
5 Killed in Wrong-way Crash on I-10 in La.
Uzbek Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Kill Obama
Denver's Largest-Ever Drug Bust Nets Dozens
Marines: No Punishment for Nazi-like Flag
Vets Look to Translate Military Skills Into Jobs
Raw Video: School Bus Burst Into Flames
LA School Reopens Amid Sex Abuse Scandal
$25B Settlement Reached Over Foreclosure Abuses
Pentagon: Allow Women Closer to Front Lines
LA School in Sex Abuse Scandal Reopens
Raw Video: Italy's Mount Etna Bursts Into Life
Greeks March; Angry Despite Debt Deal
Air Force Airlines: Leaders Get Polished Service
Ga Girl Fights Off Kidnapper at Walmart
