11/10/2008
USDA Kansas Farm Service Agency
Bill R. Fuller, State Executive Director for the USDA Kansas Farm Service Agency reminds producers of the application closing date for certain crops under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP).  Crops eligible for NAP benefits are
limited to those not insurable in the county and are produced for food or fiber.

Producers must obtain NAP coverage on all 2009 non-insurable crops and purchase crop insurance on all 2009 insurable crops to remain eligible for the 2009 supplemental disaster assistance programs recently announced in the 2008 Farm Bill.  Those disaster programs include Supplemental Revenue Assistance (SURE), Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), Livestock Forage Program (LFP), Emergency Livestock, Honey Bees,
and Farm Fresh Fish Program (ELAP), and Tree Assistance Program (TAP). LIP is exempt from NAP or crop insurance coverage.

December 1 is the final date to pay the applicable service fee and obtain 2009 NAP coverage for all Grasses including Alfalfa, Aquaculture, Apricots, Asparagus, Barley, Blueberries, Caneberries (Blackberries and Raspberries), Canola, Cherries, Christmas Trees, Clover, Grapes, Honey, Lespedeza, Mixed Forage, Nectarines, Nursery Crops, Oats, Peaches, Plums, Rye, Speltz, Strawberries, Triticale, Turf Grass Sod, Vetch and
Wheat.

The administrative service fee is $250 per crop per administrative county not to exceed $750 per producer per administrative county and a $1875 maximum fee for multi-county producers.  Interested producers must pay the fee and file form CCC-471, Application for Coverage, by the application closing deadline.

NAP coverage entitles eligible producers to a payment of 55 percent of an average market price for the commodity if a natural disaster caused a 50 percent production loss or greater of an eligible crop.

Producers are encouraged to purchase NAP coverage on all non-insurable crops and purchase crop insurance on all insurable crops to remain eligible for 2009 supplemental disaster programs.  For some 2009 disaster programs, grazing land must have NAP coverage or crop insurance to be eligible.  Interested producers shall contact their local Farm Service Agency prior to the December 1 application closing date to obtain NAP coverage and discuss eligibility for 2009 supplemental disaster programs.