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“We encourage all farmers, whether they participate in farm programs or not, to file an acreage report and protect their crop acreage bases,” said Linda P. Henry, County Executive Director of the Rappahannock County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.
She explained that by certifying crop acreage producers establish documentation for future crop acreage bases and also eligibility for different benefits under farm programs if they decide to participate.
Farm program participants are required to report crops and acreages planted, the uses to be made of these crops, and cropland acres to be devoted to the acreage conservation reserve. When farmers report to the ASCS office, they can review aerial photographs of their farm and pinpoint the fields in which the crops are grown. This information is then documented for program compliance and crop acreage bases.
It is mandatory for farmers who
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