USDA Upcoming Deadlines
Upcoming Deadlines
Note that this list does not include every deadline, and only includes federal deadlines. Producers that would like more information can check with Versailles Service Center at 859-873-3411 Ext 2 to learn about all available programs, and programs that have local or state level deadlines.
Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP)
Deadline to Apply: Jun 2nd, 2023.
USDA's Pandemic Assistance Relief Program (PARP) wraps-up and fills remaining gaps in previous pandemic assistance. To be eligible for PARP, an agricultural producer must have been in the business of farming during at least part of the 2020 calendar year and had a 15% or greater decrease in allowable gross revenue for the 2020 calendar year, as compared to a baseline year. Signup opens Jan. 23 and closes on June 2, 2023.
Emergency Relief Program (ERP 2) Phase Two
Deadline to Apply: June 2nd, 2023.
USDA's Emergency Relief Program (ERP 2) Phase Two fills remaining gaps in previous ERP natural disaster assistance. To be eligible for ERP Phase Two, producers must have suffered a decrease in allowable gross revenue in 2020 or 2021 due to necessary expenses related to losses of eligible crops from a qualifying natural disaster event. Assistance will be primarily to producers of crops that were not covered by Federal Crop Insurance or NAP, since crops covered by Federal Crop Insurance and NAP were included in the assistance under ERP Phase One. Signup opens Jan. 23 and closes on June 2, 2023.
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)
Deadline to Apply: June 9th, 2023.
The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) helps farmers and ranchers repair damage to farmlands caused by natural disasters and put in place methods for water conservation during severe drought. The ECP does this through funding and technical assistance. Anderson, Franklin, and Woodford Counties has been approved for the ECP program for the storm that occurred on March 3rd, 2023. For more information contact the local service Center at 859-873-3411 Ext 2
Margin Protection Insurance Plan
Deadline to Apply: Sep 30th, 2023.
USDA's Risk Management Agency’s Margin Protection insurance plan has been expanded for corn and soybean producers in more than a thousand additional counties. Margin Protection insurance provides coverage against an unexpected decrease in operating margin caused by reduced county yields, reduced commodity prices, increased prices of certain inputs, or any combination of these perils.
The expanded coverage will be available by June 30, 2023. The Sales Closing Date to purchase Margin Protection coverage for 2024 crop year corn, soybeans and wheat is September 30, 2023.
Learn more about RMA’s Margin Protection Insurance Plan
Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Program
Deadline to Apply: Jan 31, 2024.
USDA’s Farm Service Agency’s Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Program (FSCSC) assists specialty crop operations that incur eligible on-farm food safety program expenses related to obtaining or renewing a food safety certification in c
Local Deadlines and Ongoing Programs
The following federal USDA programs either do not have a deadline or have ongoing signup. Check with the Versailles Service Center at 859-873-3411 Ext 2 to learn more about programs that have local or state level deadlines.
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) - Continuous
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) provides farmers and ranchers an income source in exchange for removing environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production in an effort to improve environmental health and quality.
Signup for the continuous Conservation Reserve Program began on December 9, 2019 and is ongoing.
Learn More About CRP - Continuous
Crop Acreage Reporting
Crop acreage reports filed with USDA document the crops grown on your farm or ranch and their intended uses. You must file timely acreage reports to be eligible for many USDA programs.
Deadlines to file crop acreage reports vary by crop and by state and county. Farm Service Agency staff at your local USDA Service Center can help by providing you with maps and acreage reporting deadlines by crop for your county. Your crop insurance agent can assist you with reporting information necessary for crop insurance benefits.
July 15 is a major deadline for most crops.
Learn More About Crop Acreage Reporting
General Disaster Programs
USDA offers a variety of helpful programs with ongoing and localized deadlines to support agricultural producers including:
- Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) which provides funding and technical assistance for farmers and ranchers to restore farmland damaged by natural disasters and for emergency water conservation measures in severe droughts.
- FSA Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) which provides funding to restore privately owned forests damaged by natural disasters.
- Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) which provides financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops to protect against natural disasters that result in lower yields or crop losses, or prevents crop planting.
- Tree Assistance Program (TAP) which provides financial cost-share assistance to qualifying orchardists and nursery tree growers to replant or, where applicable, rehabilitate eligible trees, bushes, and vines lost by natural disasters.
Learn More about USDA General Disaster Programs
Livestock Disaster Programs
USDA offers a variety of helpful programs with ongoing and localized deadlines to support livestock producers including:
- Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) which provides financial assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish for losses due to disease, certain adverse weather events or loss conditions, including blizzards and wildfires, as determined by the Secretary.
- Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) which provides benefits to livestock owners and some contract growers for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by eligible loss conditions, including eligible adverse weather, eligible disease and attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law (including wolves and avian predators).
- Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) provides payments to eligible livestock owners and contract growers who have covered livestock and produce grazed forage crop acreage that has suffered a loss of grazed forage due to a qualifying drought during the normal grazing period for the county.
Learn More about USDA Livestock Disaster Programs
NRCS Conservation Programs - State Ranking Dates
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) accepts applications for its conservation programs year-round. Producers should apply by their state’s ranking dates to be considered for funding in the current cycle. Applications received after ranking dates will be automatically deferred to the next funding period.
