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Here’s Information About The FSA Pasture Recovery Program
The Pasture Recovery Program
(PRP) is authorized under the provi
sions of section 806 of the 2001 Agri
cultural Appropriations Act (P. L.
106-387), according to the USDA
Farm Service Agency (FSA).
The purpose of the PRP is to pro
vide assistance to owners and opera
tors of pastureland on which
livestock is normally grazed that
was damaged or destroyed by natu
ral disaster during calendar year
2000. Owners and operators must
reestablish the permanent vegeta
tive forage crop on such pastureland
to qualify for assistance under the
PRP. Up to $4O million will be avail
able under the PRP.
Sign-up will be Mar. 26 through
May 11. Requests received after
May 11 will not be accepted for the
PRP. Producers who start the
reseeding practice before complet
ing an application for PRP payment
will not be approved for payment. If
the total amount of funds requested
exceeds the available PRP funding,
a factor will be determined and uni
formly applied to all requests for
payment.
The PRP will be available only in
counties that are approved for the
Emergency Conservation Program
for emergency measures for 2000
natural disaster damage.
Land must be established pasture
on which livestock are normally
grazed. Pasture from which hay or
silage is normally harvested is ineli
gible for PRP. Federal- or state
operated lands and land operated by
a political subdivision of a State are
not eligible. No assistance is author
ized for hayla'nd or rangeland.
Producers must own or have con
trol over the livestock that graze the
affected land and have control of the
land for the contract period of 3
years to be eligible for PRP. Produc
ers who have gross annual income in
excess of $2.5 million are ineligible.
Producers must certify that the
pastureland to be enrolled in PRP
was so damaged or destroyed by
natural disaster during calendar
year 2000 that seeding is required to
reestablish the forage crop.
In addition, the producer must
comply with the noxious weed laws
of the applicable state or local juris
diction and control any weeds, in
sects, pests, and other undesirable
species to ensure the establishment
and maintenance of the approved
forage crop.
Two conservation practices are
authorized under the PRP: PRPI,
Reseeding With Seedbed Prepara
tion; and PRP2, Reseeding Without
Seedbed Preparation. The seeding
mixtures used in these practices are
approved by the State Farm Service
Agency (FSA) committee.
PRP contracts are for a three-year
term. The maximum amount that a
producer can earn under the PRP is
$2,500 per “person.” In addition,
this maximum amount may be fur
ther reduced if the total amount of
PRP assistance requested exceeds
available funding and a factor is ap
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There are two payment rates ap
plicable to PRP, one for each of the
two authorized practices. These
rates, which will be determined by
the State FSA committee, will be
based on 65 percent of the average
cost to reseed the land. The rates
may be applied statewide or by
areas within the state. The maxi
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Producers will be paid upon certi
fication and verification of the com
pletion of the reseeding practice. All
PRP payments should be made
prior to Sept. 30, except in fall
seeded or summer fallow areas.
PRP payments will be subject to
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Technical responsibility for the
PRP is assigned to FSA.
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