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Grand Rapids, MI | Not sure whether you are looking for information on the new permanent disaster program or the buy-in specifically. Regarding the buy-in, it is $100 per crop per county per prducer, with a maximum of $300 per county and $900 per producer. This is ONLY for producers who don't have crop insurance coverage or NAP in place on those acres.
From FSA notice DAP-285:
The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Act), Pub. L. 110-246, was enacted
June 18, 2008. The 2008 Act created several new disaster programs under the title,
“Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance”. To be eligible for these programs,
producers must purchase at least CAT level of crop insurance for all insurable crops and/or
NAP coverage for non-insurable crops. Sales closing dates for CAT and application closing
deadlines for NAP have passed for the 2008 crop year for nearly all insurable and noninsurable
crops. A waiver has been authorized in the 2008 Act to allow producers to pay,
within 90 calendar days of enactment (September 16, 2008), a buy-in fee to be eligible for
Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance for crops for which they did not purchase
crop insurance or NAP coverage for 2008.
If there is ANY chance you will otherwise qualify for the new permanent disaster program, have more than a few acres, and don't have crop insurance or NAP in place now, this is a "no brainer" | |
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Disaster assistance buy in now open
