Upcoming FSA deadlines listed

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Montana FSA has a list of upcoming deadlines presented on its webpage at https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Montana .

The dates include:

Aug. 21: Last day of CRP Soil Health and Income Protection Program (SHIPP) pilot signup period

Aug. 28: Last day of Coronavirus Food Assistance Program signup

Aug. 31: Last day of 2020 CRP Summer/Fall Non-Emergency Haying Period, prior approval required

Aug. 31: all hay bales must be removed from non-emergency Conservation Reserve Program acreage

Sept. 1: 2021 NAP Coverage application closing date for all canola (winter and spring seeded) and value-loss crops such as nursery, christmas trees, grass sod, ginseng, aquaculture, floriculture, root stock sets and mushrooms

Sept. 13: Last day of 2020 CRP summer/fall managed grazing period, prior approval required

Sept. 30: Last day of 2020 CRP summer/fall managed haying period, prior approval required

Sept. 30: Deadline to update Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payment yields

Sept. 30: 2021 NAP application for coverage deadline for annual fall-seeded crops, perennial forage and grazing, mixed forage crops including spring seeded annual types of mixed forage, rye, speltz, triticale, wheat and garlic

Oct. 12: First day of 2021 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) signup

Nov. 1: Last day of 2020 CRP summer/fall non-emergency grazing period, prior approval required

Early November: 2020 County Committee Election Ballots to be Mailed to Voters

Nov. 16: 2021 Acreage Reporting Deadline for Apiculture, fall wheat (hard red winter), and all other fall-seeded small grains. Take note that this is the final date that FSA can accept late-filed 2020 reports for these crops.

Dec. 1: 2021 NAP coverage application closing date for honey

Dec. 7: Voted FSA County Committee election ballots due to fsa

Dec. 11: Last day of 2021 dairy margin coverage signup

Ongoing: Contact FSA right away for notice of loss deadlines and disaster program requirements.

For more information, people can contact their local FSA office and visit http://www.farmers.gov .