Updated July 4, 2019

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is extending the prevented plant crop reporting deadline for Tennessee producers affected by spring flooding and excessive moisture.

Producers now have until July 15th to report acres they intended to plant this spring but could not due to weather conditions.

The new deadline coincides with the July 15th FSA crop acreage reporting deadline that is already in place.

“Producers need to report prevented plant acres to retain eligibility for FSA program benefits,” SED Dennis H. Beavers, State Executive Director said. “In many areas of the state, excessive moisture has made it challenging for producers to get into their fields to plant and this deadline extension provides reporting flexibility.”

Normally, the prevented plant reporting deadline is 15 calendar days after the final planting date for a crop as established by FSA and the Risk Management Agency (RMA). The prevented plant reporting deadline extension to July 15th only applies to FSA and does not change any RMA crop insurance reporting deadline requirements.

Producers are encouraged to contact their local FSA office as soon as possible to make an appointment to report prevented plant acres and submit their spring crop acreage report.