Agricultural producers have until June 7, 2013 to sign up for the 2011 Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program (SURE). The SURE program is part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Farm Bill). Under the 2008 Farm Bill, SURE authorizes assistance to farmers and ranchers who suffered crop losses caused by natural disasters occurring through September 30, 2011.
The 2011 SURE program provides benefits for farm revenue losses due to natural disasters that occurred during the 2011 crop year. SURE is available to eligible producers on farms in counties with Secretarial disaster declarations, including contiguous counties, that have incurred crop production or quality losses of at least 10%, or both, and includes all crops grown by a producer nationwide, except grazed crops; or any farm in which, for the crop year, the actual production on the farm because of disaster-related conditions is 50 percent or less than normal production of the farm.
As of September 30, 2011, the Department’s authority to operate the SURE program expired. Production losses due to disasters occurring after September 30, 2011, are not eligible for disaster program coverage.
Producers interesting in signing up for the program should contact their local FSA office or visit http://www.fsa.usda.gov/sure for additional information about program benefits and eligibility.
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