Courtesy of NAA:

The Farm Service Agency has made a change to the Code of Federal Regulations to specify that the deadline to file a notice of loss, an application for payment, and required documentation for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm- Raised Fish Program (ELAP), Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), and Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) is March 1 following the end of the applicable program year, which is based on the calendar year for the three programs.

The deadline changes are effective beginning with the 2024 program year, which began on January 1, 2024. Producers who suffered eligible losses for the 2024 program year prior to the publication of this rule may submit documents or make changes to previously filed documents for these programs by the new deadline of March 1, 2025, even if the previous deadline had passed.

This change was announced via the Federal Register on January 17, 2025.  To read or download and print the notice, please click here.

NAA Editor Note: Local FSA offices may not know about this change. Be prepared to share the Federal Register notice or point them to the Code of Federal Regulations. To find the regulation change, please click on eCFR :: 7 CFR Part 1416 — Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs and scroll down to § 1416.107 Notice of Loss and Application Period.