FSA prepares to issue CRP and DCP payments

LEWISTON — Androscoggin/Sagadahoc and Oxford County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director CED Marcia Hall announced that FSA will issue Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) payments during the first few weeks of October.

"FSA will issue the payments timely as long as all producer eligibility requirements are met," said CED Hall.

CRP and DCP payments could be affected if producers have not submitted the required Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) forms. Affected producers will need to submit the proper AGI forms before payments can be issued.

In addition, producers who signed up for CRP emergency haying and grazing and did not pay in advance will notice that their annual rental payment was reduced by the acreage that was hayed or grazed.

For more information on CRP and DCP payments, contact either the Androscoggin/Sagadahoc County FSA Office in Lewiston at 753-9400, Ext 2 or the Oxford County FSA Office in So Paris at 743-5789, Ext 2.