From the Woodstown USDA Service Center
2024 Crop Acreage Reporting
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Acreage reporting is required for most FSA programs to comply with FSA program eligibility requirements. All producers are encouraged to visit the office to file an accurate timely crop certification report by the applicable deadline. For the 2024 crop year: July 15, 2024 – most crops and CRP, August 15, 2024 – processing beans For the 2025 crop year: May 31, 2024 – Nursery, October 2, 2024 – Christmas trees and sod, Nov. 15, 2024 – small grains (Wheat, Barley, Rye), January 2, 2025 – Honey, January 15, 2025 – Apples, Blueberries, Peaches, Strawberries and Grapes. The following exceptions apply to the above acreage reporting dates: • If the crop has not been planted by the above acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported (and report signed) no later than 15 calendar days after planting is completed. For NAP Insurance, crops must be reported 15 calendar days before harvest or a late fee applies. • If a producer acquires additional acreage after the above acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 30 calendars days after purchase or acquiring the lease. Appropriate documentation must be provided to the county office. Please call the office to schedule an appointment to report your acres. We can mail or email your aerial maps to you to complete and send back, if desired. You may also report your acres by phone or email and your reports can be faxed, mailed or emailed to you for signature. To report by email or for more information, please email Dominic at Let us know if you have any questions. Thank you. |
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Technical and Financial Assistance Available for Turtle Stewards
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NJ Pine Barrens Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are collaborating on 14 new initiatives across the nation, but there are a total of 124 different projects across the country from 2014 through 2023. The purpose of this initiative is to bring together agricultural producers, forest landowners, and National Forest System lands to improve forest health using available Farm Bill conservation programs and other authorities under the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership (JCLRP). This partnership enables NRCS and the Forest Service to collaborate with agricultural producers and forest landowners to invest in
conservation and restoration at a large enough scale to make a difference. Working at this scale helps reduce wildfire threats, protect water quality and supply, and improve wildlife habitat for at-risk species. Through the new three-year projects, landowners will work with local USDA experts and partners to apply targeted forestry management practices on their land to meet unique forestry challenges in their area.
The New Jersey Pine Barrens Partnership Project has been developed through the JCLRP to address wildfire threats, water quality, forest health and wildlife habitat. Desired landscape-level outcomes are to reduce and mitigate wildfire threats to communities and landowners; improve habitat conditions for at-risk species; increase forest health by addressing stands that have been damaged by southern pine beetle. Forests devastated by southern pine beetle become fire-prone from many standing dead trees as well as accumulated leaf litter. Also, the decreased canopy cover causes the floor and
vegetation to dry out quickly, increasing wildfire risk. These stands need improvement in appropriate stand stocking, and shifts composition to resilient tree species. The project area is centered in the Pinelands region, which covers portions of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Ocean counties.
Project Priorities include:
• Forest management plans
• Improve habitat for at-risk species
• Reduce and mitigate wildfire threat
• Fire breaks
• Forest stand improvement
• Implementing carbon defense activities
• Southern pine beetle mitigation
Please join the USDA- Natural Resource Conservation Service, Quail Forever, and the New Jersey Audubon Society for an outreach event highlighting the JCLRP at Cavileer Farm in Egg Harbor City, NJ on Friday, May 3rd, 2024 from 12:00 pm to 3:00pm. A joint effort between the NRCS and Forest Service to increase resilience of public and private forest landscapes within the UNESCO designated Pineland Biosphere Reserve across portions of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Ocean counties. The event will include refreshments, a walking tour to demonstrate active and planned forest management, and guest speakers from the NRCS, Forest Fire Service, and Xerces Society.
Please register for the event by April 26th by contacting your local NRCS Service Center or by emailing Hunter Ross – Alyssa Bright –