FSA news roundup

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Published: Jul 13, 2012

PART-TIME HOURS IN FOUR COUNTIES -- Four county Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices will be open part-time only starting Tuesday, Scherrie Giamanco, FSA state executive director, announced this week.

The local FSA offices are Boone County office, Belvidere; Calhoun County office, Hardin; Wabash County office, Mt. Carmel; and Williamson County office, Marion.

The offices will be open each Wednesday and Thursday for normal FSA business and closed the remainder of the week. Office hours will be 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each Wednesday and Thursday in those counties.

The work hours of other co-located agencies, such as Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil and Water Conservation District, and Rural Development, will remain unchanged.

CROP CERTIFICATION DEADLINE -- Don’t forget to certify your 2012 spring-planted crops and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) cover by Monday, July 16. Filing an accurate acreage report for all crops, CRP and land uses, including failed and prevented planted acreage, can prevent the benefit losses for a variety of programs.

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