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Posted County Grain Prices • November 20, 2008

Mercer County - Corn $3.50 Beans $8.59

Rock Island County - Corn $3.50 Beans $8.62

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EXTENDING 2009 NAP APPLICATION CLOSING DATES

SPRINGFIELD, IL September 12, 2008 - Illinois Farm Service Agency (FSA)

State Director, William Graff announced that the 2008 Food, Conservation, and

Energy Act that was enacted on June 18, 2008 created several new disaster programs

under Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance.

Producers must purchase at least CAT level of insurance for all insurable crops and/or

NAP coverage for noninsurable crops to be eligible for these programs.

There are some concerns over the late announcement of the 2008 Act about the 2009

management purchase requirement for these Supplemental Disaster Programs.

Also, because of this requirement there will be a significant increase in NAP activity

for 2009 in the County Offices.

This extension only applies to NAP coverage available through your local FSA Office.

Check with your crop insurance agent for sales closing dates for crop insurance policies

including CAT policies.

As a result, an extension of those 2009 NAP application closing dates that fall before

December 1, 2008, is authorized to allow eligible producers 2009 NAP coverage to be

eligible for the new disaster programs.

Any 2009 NAP application closing dates established by STC before December 1, 2008,

are now extended to December 1, 2008. Following are examples for extended deadlines.

EXAMPLE 1 : A 2009 NAP application closing date established as September 1, 2008,

will be extended to December 1, 2008, since the established application

closing date of September 1, 2008, is before December 1, 2008.

EXAMPLE 2 : A 2009 NAP application closing date established as December 30, 2008

will remain unchanged, since the established application closing date of

December 30, 2008, is not before December 1, 2008.

EXAMPLE 3 : A 2009 NAP application closing date established as December 1, 2008,

will remain unchanged, since the application closing date falls on the

authorized extended application closing date.

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^{2008 CROP YEAR IN-HANDLING CHARGES FOR COMMODITIES PLEDGED
AS COLLATERAL FOR MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS (MAL’s)
SPRINGFIELD, IL October 28, 2008 - llinois Farm Service Agency State
Director,
William Graff announced today that in the past, CCC paid warehouse
operators or
reimbursed producers for in-handling charges on forfeited commodities
pledged as
collateral for warehouse-stored MAL’s or delivered to CCC for settlement of
a farm
stored MAL.
Starting with 2008 crop wheat, feed grains, soybeans, rice, pulses, minor
oilseeds,
honey, wool, and mohair, CCC will no longer pay warehouse operators or
reimburse
producers for in-handling charges applicable to either warehouse-stored
commodities
pledged as collateral for MAL’s, or farm-stored commodities forfeited to
CCC. These
changes were published in the federal regulations on May 8, 2008.
Beginning with the 2008 crop year, producers must provide acceptable
documentation
specifying that all in-handling charges have been paid or provided
for before a
warehouse-stored MAL will be disbursed for the commodity, or before
recording
settlement of a forfeited farm-stored loan. Acceptable documentation
includes either of
the following :
• in-handling charges are recorded directly on the warehouse receipt
• certification signed by the warehouse operator with the following
language.
“Arrangements for the payment of all in-handling charges have been made by
the depositor of the commodity covered by receipt numbers _______ (insert
receipt
number(s). No lien will be asserted by the warehouse operator against the
Commodity Credit Corporation or any subsequent holder of the warehouse
receipt for in-handling charges”.

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