| The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has announced sign-up for the 2000
Quality Loss Program (QLP) has begun.
QLP compensates farmers who suffered at least a 20 percent loss in
2000- year crop quality due to weather- related disasters.
Eligible crops are those produced and harvested in the 2000- crop year
which suffered at least a 20 percent quality reduction. Unharvested
production is not eligible. All crops are eligible except certain
specialty crops such as ornamental nursery, Christmas trees, aquaculture,
honey, turf grass sod, maple sap, and ginseng.
Losses on more than one 2000 crop on the same acreage not eligible,
unless there is an established practice on the farm of planting and
harvesting two or more crops in the same crops in the same crop year on
the same acreage.
Applicants must provide written documentation of the quality of their
harvested crop to their local FSA county office.
QLP offers an additional payment for crops where the Crop Disaster
Program quality payments were inadequate or nonexistent. Combined total
payments issued for QLP and CDP are limited to $80,000 per person.
Contact your local county FSA office for more information on the
Quality Loss Program or any other FSA administered programs. |