UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Farm Service Agency Notice ARCPLC-67 Washington, DC 20250
For: State and County Offices
Establishing Fruit and Vegetable (FAV)/Wild Rice (WR) and Double-Cropping Regions Approved by: Deputy Administrator, Farm Programs
1 Overview
A Background
Section 1114(e)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill) as amended by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) permits the planting of fruits and vegetables, other than mung beans and pulse crops, or wild rice (FAV/WR), on payment acres enrolled in the ARC and PLC Program. However, if FAV/WR is planted on payment acres, an acre-for-acre reduction will apply unless the FAV/WR is destroyed without benefit before harvest.
Note: Payment acres are equal to 65 percent of base acres for a farm elected and enrolled in ARC-IC, and 85 percent of base acres for a farm elected and enrolled in ARC-CO or PLC. Payment acres do not include unassigned generic base acres.
Exception: An acre-for-acre payment reduction will not apply in regions where double-cropping covered commodities with FAV’s or WR is approved and the specific double-crop combination is approved by STC according to 2-CP.
In 2014, STC’s designated FAV/WR double-cropping regions for those locations where the plantings of FAV/WR and covered commodities met the definition of double-cropping.
A review of the previously approved double-cropping regions is required to determine if these regions still meet the double-cropping standards, and to determine if additional regions meet the standard to be included as a double-cropping region.
Disposal Date Distribution
September 1, 2019 State Offices; State Office relay to County Offices 3-18-19 Page 1 Notice ARCPLC-67
1 Overview (Continued)
B Purpose
This notice provides:
definitions to be used in designating FAV/WR double-cropping regions instructions to STC’s for designating FAV/WR double-cropping regions the deadline for submitting the designation requests to DAFP for FR publication.
2 Definitions for Designating FAV/WR Double-Cropping Regions
A Definitions
The following definitions will be used by STC’s when designating FAV/WR double-cropping regions:
covered commodity means wheat, oats, and barley (including wheat, oats, and barley used for haying and grazing), corn, grain sorghum, long grain rice, medium grain rice, seed cotton, pulse crops, soybeans, other oilseeds, and peanuts
double-cropping FAV/WR with covered commodities means planting and harvesting of a covered commodity in cycle with the planting and harvesting of FAV or WR on the same acreage in a 12-month period with the ability to plant and harvest the same 2 crops in the immediately succeeding 12-month period, under normal growing conditions.
Note: FAV/WR may be planted either before or after the planting of the covered commodity to be considered double-cropped.
A designated FAV or WR double-cropping region must:
be an entire county follow county borders be determined on a county-by-county basis not be for an area greater than an entire county.
A portion of a county cannot be designated as a double-cropping region. Although each county in a State may be a region, an entire State cannot be designated as a region. All designated FAV/WR double-cropping regions will be published in FR; after STC-designated FAV/WR double-cropping regions are published in FR, no additional regions shall be designated
Note: The importance of correctly designating FAV/WR double-cropping regions cannot be overemphasized. Designation of a county as an FAV/WR double-cropping region will impact payment program compliance for producers in the county.
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3 State Office Action
A Action Required
STC’s shall designate FAV/WR double-cropping regions according to the following table.
Step Action 1 STC’s will determine whether it is customary to plant FAV/WR in a double-cropping sequence with a covered commodity in consultation with NIFA, land grant universities, and other agencies or organizations.
STC’s will make the determination on a county-by-county basis using the definitions in paragraph 2.
Counties that are already designated as FAV/WR double-cropping regions do not need to be addressed unless STC’s decide to request to remove those counties as FAV/WR double-cropping regions. See Exhibit 1.
Important: Determinations will be based on the planting history for the county before the 2019 crop year. 2 STC’s will designate the counties as FAV/WR double-cropping regions by:
documenting the designated counties, and the sources used to designate the counties, in STC minutes
submitting the list of additional counties designated as FAV/WR double-cropping regions by STC to DAFP no later than May 1, 2019.
Notes: Negative reports are required.
STC’s will submit designated FAV/WR double-cropping regions to Brent Orr by e-mail to [email protected].
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Counties Designated as FAV/WR Double-Cropping Regions
The following counties are already included as regions having a history of double-cropping covered commodities, upland cotton with FAV/WR.
State Counties Alabama Baldwin Clarke Houston Madison Sumter Barbour Covington Jackson Mobile Talladega Butler Cullman Jefferson Montgomery Walker Chambers Geneva Lee Randolph Washington Chilton Greene Alaska None Arizona Cochise Greenlee Maricopa Pima Yuma Graham LaPaz Mohave Pinal Arkansas Ashley Cross Jefferson Mississippi Washington Benton Faulkner Lawrence Monroe Woodruff Clay Franklin Lee Phillips Yell Craighead Greene Lincoln Pulaski Crawford Independence Logan St. Francis Crittenden Jackson Lonoke Sebastian California Alameda San Joaquin Merced Solano Yolo Amador Glenn Riverside Sonoma Yuba Butte Imperial Sacramento Stanislaus Colusa Kern San Benito Sutter Contra Costa Kings Santa Clara Tehama Fresno Madera Siskiyou Tulare Caribbean Office None Colorado Otero Connecticut None Delaware All counties Florida All counties except Monroe Georgia All counties Hawaii None Idaho None Illinois Bureau Edgar Lawrence Monroe White Calhoun Effingham LaSalle Randolf Whiteside Cass Gallatin Lee St. Clair Clark Iroquois Madison Tazewell Crawford Jersey Marion Union DeKalb Kankakee Mason Vermilion Indiana Allen Jackson La Porte Miami Sullivan Bartholomew Johnson Madison Posey Vandenberg Daviess Knox Marion Ripley Warrick Gibson LaGrange Martin Shelby Iowa Kossuth Mitchell Palo Alto Winnebago Kansas None Kentucky All counties
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Counties Designated as FAV/WR Double-Cropping Regions (Continued)
State Counties Louisiana Avoyelles Grant Rapides West Carroll Franklin Morehouse Richland Maine None Maryland Anne Arundel Carroll Harford Queen Anne's Wicomico Baltimore Cecil Kent St. Mary's Worcester Calvert Charles Prince Somerset Caroline Dorchester George’s Talbot Massachusetts None
Michigan St. Joseph Kalamazoo Minnesota Blue Earth Faribault Martin Redwood Swift Brown Fillmore McLeod Renville Waseca Carver Freeborn Meeker Rice Wabasha Chippewa Goodhue Mower Scott Watonwan Cottonwood Houston Nicollet Sibley Winona Dakota Kandiyohi Olmsted Stearns Dodge Le Sueur Pope Steele Mississippi All counties Missouri Barton Dade Lawrence Newton Ripley Butler Dunklin Mississippi Pemiscot Scott Cape Girardeau Jasper New Madrid Perry Stoddard Montana None Nebraska None Nevada None New Hampshire None New Jersey Atlantic Cumberland Middlesex Salem Burlington Gloucester Monmouth Somerset Camden Hunterdon Morris Sussex Cape May Mercer Ocean Warren New Mexico Chaves Eddy Luna San Juan Curry Hidalgo Quay Sierra Dona Ana Lea Roosevelt New York Cayuga Livingston Ontario Schoharie Warren Columbia Madison Orange Seneca Washington Dutchess Monroe Orleans Steuben Wayne Erie Niagara Putnam Suffolk Westchester Genesee Oneida Rensselaer Tompkins Wyoming Greene Onondaga Saratoga Ulster Yates
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Counties Designated as FAV/WR Double-Cropping Regions (Continued)
State Counties North Carolina Alamance Cherokee Graham Mecklenburg Sampson Alexander Chowan Granville Montgomery Scotland Alleghany Clay Greene Moore Stanly Anson Cleveland Halifax Nash Stokes Ashe Cleveland Harnett New Hanover Tyrell Beaufort Columbus Hertford Northampton Union Bertie Craven Hoke Onslow Vance Bladen Cumberland Hyde Pamlico Wake Brunswick Currituck Iredell Pasquotank Warren Burke Dare Johnston Pender Washington Cabarrus Davidson Jones Perquimans Wayne Caldwell Davie Lee Person Wilkes Camden Duplin Lenoir Pitt Wilson Carteret Edgecombe Lincoln Richmond Yadkin Caswell Franklin Macon Robeson Catawba Gaston Martin Rockingham Chatham Gates McDowell Rutherford North Dakota None Ohio Carroll Fulton Lucas Muskingum Tuscarawas Champaign Henry Miami Scioto Vinton Clermont Jackson Morgan Stark Oklahoma Adair Custer Hughes Major Pottawatomie Alfalfa Delaware Jackson Marshall Roger Mills Beckham Dewey Jefferson Mayes Rogers Blaine Ellis Kay Muskogee Sequoyah Bryan Garfield Kingfisher Noble Stephens Caddo Garvin Kiowa Nowata Tillman Canadian Grady LeFlore Okmulgee Tulsa Carter Grant Logan Osage Wagoner Cherokee Greer Love Pawnee Washita Cleveland Harmon McClain Payne Woods Cotton Haskell McIntosh Pittsburg Woodward Oregon Morrow Umatilla Pennsylvania Adams Clinton Erie Montgomery Synder Bucks Columbia Franklin Montour Union Centre Cumberland Indiana Northumberland York Chester Delaware Lancaster Schuylkill Puerto Rico None Rhode Island None South Carolina All counties South Dakota None
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Counties Designated as FAV/WR Double-Cropping Regions (Continued)
State Counties Tennessee Bledsoe Gibson Lauderdale Pickett Unicoi Cannon Giles Lawrence Putnam VanBuren Chester Greene Lincoln Rhea Warren Cocke Grundy Madison Robertson Washington Coffee Hardeman Marion Rutherford Wayne Crockett Haywood Maury Sequatchie White Dickson Jefferson McNairy Shelby Williamson Dyer Knox Obion Sumner Wilson Fayette Lake Overton Tipton Texas Andrews Dallam Hardin Liberty Sherman Atascosa Dawson Hartley Lubbock Starr Bailey Deaf Smith Haskell Lynn Swisher Bexar Dickens Hemphill Martin Terry Brazoria Dimmit Hidalgo Maverick Uvalde Briscoe Donley Hockley Medina Washington Brooks Duval Howard Midland Webb Cameron Fannin Jefferson Moore Wheeler Castro Floyd Jim Hogg Motley Willacy Chambers Foard Jim Wells Nueces Wilson Childress Frio Kent Ochiltree Yoakum Clay Gaines Kinney Parmer Zapata Cochran Hale Kleberg Pecos Zavala Collingsworth Hall Knox Randall Comanche Hansford Lamb Reeves Crosby Hardeman LaSalle San Patricio Utah None Vermont None Virginia Accomack Chesterfield Greensville Montgomery Russell Albemarle Clarke Halifax Nelson Scott Alleghany Craig Henrico New Kent Shenandoah Amelia Culpeper Henry Northampton Smyth Amherst Cumberland Highland Northumberland Southampton Appomattox Dickenson Isle of Wight Nottoway Spotsylvania Augusta Dinwiddie James City Orange Stafford Bath Essex King and Page Suffolk Bedford Fairfax Queen Patrick Surry Bland Fauquier King George Pittsylvania Sussex Botetourt Floyd King William Powhatan Tazewell Brunswick Fluvanna Lancaster Prince Edward Virginia Beach Buchanan Franklin Lee Prince George Warren Buckingham Frederick Loudoun Prince William Washington Campbell Giles Louisa Pulaski Westmoreland Caroline Gloucester Lunenburg Rappahannock Wise Carroll Goochland Madison Richmond Wythe Charles City Grayson Mathews Roanoke York Charlotte Greene Mecklenburg Rockbridge Chesapeake Hanover Middlesex Rockingham
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Counties Designated as FAV/WR Double-Cropping Regions (Continued)
State Counties Washington Yakima West Virginia None Wisconsin Adams Fond du Lac Milwaukee Rock Waukesha Calumet Green Ozaukee Sauk Waushara Columbia Green Lake Portage Trempealeau Winnebago Dane Iowa Racine Walworth Dodge Kenosha Richland Washington Wyoming None
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