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Feed Program
Still Lacking
The drought disaster reliefs emergency feed program, scheduled to terminate on September 1, has been extended through December 1 but most Rappahannock fanners are still ineligible for assistance. County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCA) director Tom Eddins reported that only seven out of 25 applications to date had been approved for feed cost reimbursement.
"The program is not doing as much as I’d like it to do,” said Eddins, adding that he had hoped for extension until April 15 or May 1. “In time, we’ll be able to do more...after hay and corn losses are determined.”
In order to be eligible for payment, a farmer must raise his own feed and be able to show substantial crop loss due to the drought. So far, only pasture losses are considered in determining eligibility. Eddins said that the county ASCS committee had set September 1 as the date for an expected second cutting of hay. After that time, hay losses will affect eligibility.
Corn harvest date is an individual thing, said Eddins, and will be determined on a farm-to-farm basis, depending on whether the crop was planned for silage or grain. Harvesting for grain can be done as late as October 30, he added.
Eddins urged farmers to reapply for the program after they harvest corn and hay. Under emergency feed assistance, farmers who qualify are reimbursed for 50 per cent of feed costs, not to exceed two cents a pound or $40 a ton. For eligible farmers, any feed purchased after July 23 is covered for reimbursement. Applications for the program are available at the ASCS offices across the street from the courthouse in Washington.
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