IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

• April 30, 2026 - SDRP - Supplemental Disaster Relief Program – Stage 1 and Stage 2 – application.
• July 15, 2026 - Spring acreage reporting deadline. VISIT Farmers.gov for more information regarding deadlines and programs available through FSA and NRCS.
• CRP PRIMARY NESTING SEASON – March 15 – July 15. No grazing or contract management activities authorized. Grassland CRP contracts are exempt.

DROUGHT MONITOR

It would have been nice to see some improvement with the drought monitor, however that was not the case.

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Kiowa and Cheyenne counties have parts of the county is a D2 severe drought.

CRP OFFERS - NO SUCCESSION- IN - INTEREST ALLOWED

Producers who have submitted or will be submitting any CRP offer for enrollment or re-enrollment need to be aware that if an offer is submitted, the producer who submitted the offer must hold title to the land in question throughout the entire offer process.

FSA has no provisions to allow succession in interest to offers, FSA allows succession in interest to contracts only.  An offer is not a contract. 

ANNUAL REVIEW OF PAYMENT ELIGIBILTY

FSA and NRCS program applicants for benefits are required to submit a completed CCC-902 Farming Operation Plan and CCC-941 Average Gross Income (AGI) Certification and Consent to Disclosure of Tax Information for FSA to determine the applicant’s payment eligibility and establish the maximum payment limitation applicable to the program applicant.

Participants are not required to annually submit new CCC-902s for payment eligibility and payment limitation purposes unless a change in the farming operation occurs that may affect the previous determination of record. A valid CCC-902 filed by the participant is considered to be a continuous certification used for all payment eligibility and payment limitation determinations applicable for the program benefits requested. 

Participants are responsible for ensuring that all CCC-902 and CCC-941 and related forms on file in the county office are updated, current, and correct. Participants are required to timely notify the county office of any changes in the farming operation that may affect the previous determination of record by filing a new or updated CCC-902 as applicable.      

Changes that may require a new determination include, but are not limited to, a change of:

• Shares of a contract, which may reflect: 
• A land lease from cash rent to share rent
• A land lease from share rent to cash rent (subject to the cash rent tenant rule
• A modification of a variable/fixed bushel-rent arrangement
• The size of the producer’s farming operation by the addition or reduction of cropland that may affect the application of a cropland factor
• The structure of the farming operation, including any change to a member's share
• The contribution of farm inputs of capital, land, equipment, active personal labor, and/or active personal management
• Farming interests not previously disclosed on CCC-902 including the farming interests of a spouse or minor child
• Certifications of average AGI are required to be filed annually for participation in an annual USDA program.  For multi-year conservation contracts and NRCS easements, a certification of AGI must be filed prior to approval of the contract or easement and is applicable for the duration of the contract period. 

Participants are encouraged to file or review these forms within the deadlines established for each applicable program for which program benefits are being requested.