Service Agency (FSA) office to complete crop acreage
reports before the applicable deadline after planting is complete.
“Many USDA programs require producers to file an accurate crop acreage report by the
applicable deadline in order to receive program benefits,” said Gene Schriefer, State Executive
Director in Wisconsin. “Once planting is complete, call your local FSA office to make an
appointment to report your acreage. We also encourage you to take care of any other FSA-
related business during your appointment.”
An acreage report documents a crop grown on a farm or ranch, its intended use and location.
Filing an accurate and timely acreage report for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage
and prevented planted acreage, can prevent the loss of benefits.
How to File a Report
The following acreage reporting dates are applicable in Wisconsin:
July 15, 2024 – spring seeded-crops, beans (dark red kidney, light red kidney), perennial forage,
hemp, pasture, rangeland, CRP
August 15, 2024 – beans (all types other than dark red kidney and light red kidney), Cabbage,
Cucumbers
To file a crop acreage report, producers need to provide:
Crop and crop type or variety
Intended crop use
Number of crop acres
Map with approximate crop boundaries
Planting date(s)
Planting pattern, when applicable
Producer shares
Irrigation practice(s)
Acreage prevented from planting, when applicable
Other required information
Acreage Reporting Details
The following exceptions apply to acreage reporting dates:
If the crop has not been planted by the acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be
reported no later than 15 calendar days after planting is completed.
If a producer acquires additional acreage after the acreage reporting date, then the
acreage must be reported no later than 30 calendar days after purchase or acquiring the
lease. Appropriate documentation must be provided to the county office.
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) policy holders should note that the
acreage reporting date for NAP-covered crops is the earlier of the dates listed above or 15
calendar days before grazing or crop harvesting begins.
Prevented Planted Acreage
Producers should also report crop acreage they intended to plant but were unable to because
of a natural disaster, including drought. Prevented planted acreage must be reported on form
CCC-576, Notice of Loss, no later than 15 calendar days after the final planting date as
established by FSA and USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA).
FSA recently updated policy that applies to prevented planted acreage due to drought. To
certify prevented planted acreage due to drought, all of the following must apply:
The area that is prevented from being planted has insufficient soil moisture for seed
germination on the final planting date for non-irrigated acreage.
Prolonged precipitation deficiencies that meet the D3 or D4 drought intensity level as
determined by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Verifiable information must be collected from sources whose business or purpose is
recording weather conditions as determined by FSA.
Continuous Certification Option for Perennial Forage
Agricultural producers with perennial forage crops have the option to report their acreage
once, without having to report that acreage in subsequent years, as long as there are no
applicable changes on the farm. Interested producers can select the continuous certification
option after FSA certifies their acreage report. Examples of perennial forage include mixed
forage, birdsfoot trefoil, chicory/radicchio, kochia (prostrata), lespedeza, perennial peanuts and
perennial grass varieties.
Once the continuous certification option is selected, the certified acreage will roll forward
annually with no additional action required by the producer in subsequent years unless the
acreage report changes.
Farmers.gov Portal
Producers can access their FSA farm records, maps, and common land units through the
farmers.gov customer portal. The portal allows producers to export field boundaries as
shapefiles and import and view other shapefiles, such as precision agriculture boundaries
within farm records mapping. Producers can view, print and label their maps for acreage
reporting purposes. Level 2 eAuthentication or login.gov access that is linked to a USDA
Business Partner customer record is required to use the portal.
Producers can visit farmers.gov/account to learn more about creating an account. Producers
who have authority to act on behalf of another customer as a grantee via an FSA-211 Power of
Attorney form, Business Partner Signature Authority or as a member of a business can now
access information for the business in the farmers.gov portal.
More Information
For questions, producers should call their FSA county office. To find their FSA county office,
visit farmers.gov/service-center-locator.
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