Clinton County FSA Office
1212 17th Ave
DeWitt, Iowa 52742 Phone: 563-659-3456
Fax: 855-208-8588 County Executive Director:
Shawn LaCarte Program Technicians
Elaine Franck
Diane Burke
Diane Hill
Amanda Willimack Farm Loan Manager:
Craig Thines
Farm Loan Officer:
Chad Hill Program Technicians:
Barbara Reed Next County Committee Meeting: July 24, 2014 at 9:00am | County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee begins on June 15, 2014. To be eligible to serve on an FSA county committee, a person must participate or cooperate in a program administered by FSA, be eligible to vote in a county committee election and reside in the local administrative area where the person is nominated. Farmers and ranchers may nominate themselves or others. Organizations representing minorities and women also may nominate candidates. To become a candidate, an eligible individual must sign the nomination form FSA-669A. The form and other information about FSA county committee elections are available at www.fsa.usda.gov/elections. Nomination forms for the 2014 election must be postmarked or received in the local USDA Service Center by close of business on Aug 1, 2014. Elections will take place this fall. While FSA county committees do not approve or deny farm ownership or operating loans, they make decisions on disaster and conservation programs, emergency programs, commodity price support loan programs and other agricultural issues. Members serve three-year terms. FSA will mail ballots to eligible voters beginning Nov. 3, 2014. Ballots are due back to the local county office either via mail or in person by Dec 1, 2014. Newly elected committee members and alternates take office on Jan 1 , 2015. Eligible producers in Local Administrative Area (LAA) 3 which includes the townships of Deep Creek, Elk River, Center, Eden, Camanche, Hampshire North, East and South will be voting this year. Livestock Disaster Assistance Sign-up Underway Livestock disaster program enrollment opened on April 15, 2014. These disaster programs are authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill as permanent programs and provide retroactive authority to cover losses that occurred on or after Oct 01, 2011. To expedite applications, all producers who experienced losses are encouraged to bring records documenting those losses to their local FSA Office. Producers should record all pertinent information of natural disaster consequences, including: -Documentation of the number and kind of livestock that have died,
supplemented if possible by photographs or video records of
ownership and losses
-Dates of death supported by birth recordings or purchase receipts
-Costs of transporting livestock to safer grounds or to move animals
to new pasture
-Feed purchases if supplies or grazing pastures are destroyed.
-Crop records, including seed and fertilizer purchases, planting and
production records Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)
LFP provides compensation to eligible livestock producers that have suffered grazing losses due to drought on privately owned or cash leased land or fire on federally managed land. Eligible producers must physically be located in a county affected by a qualifying drought during the normal grazing period for the county. Producers who suffered eligible grazing losses should submit a completed CCC-853 and supporting documentation by January 30, 2015. Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
LIP provides compensation to eligible livestock producers that have suffered livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather and attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law. Producers who suffered livestock death losses should submit a notice of loss and an application for payment to their local FSA office by January 30, 2015. Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP)
ELAP provides emergency assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish that have losses due to disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires. ELAP assistance is provided for losses not covered by LFP and LIP. Producers who suffered eligible livestock, honeybee or farm raised fish losses during 2012 and 2013 program years must submit a notice of loss and application for payment to their local FSA office by August 1, 2014. For 2014 program year losses, the notice of loss and an application for payment must be submitted by November 1, 2014
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