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Wisconsin State Events

State Executive Director

Gene Schriefer

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State Office Address

8030 Excelsior Dr.
Madison, WI 53717
(888) 361-2000
(855) 758-0755

2024 Program Year Events & Common Deadlines

Date Event/Deadline Information
January 15, 2024 Acreage Reporting Deadline for Apples, Caneberries, Asparagus, Blueberries, Cherries, Currants, Hops, Huckleberries, Pears, Strawberries, and Honey Bee Colonies
January 15, 2024 USDA Offices Closed - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 30, 2024 Livestock Forage Program - deadline to submit application and supporting documentation for 2023 losses
January 31, 2024 Marketing Assistance Loans - for prior year wool, mohair and LDP only for unshorn pelts
January 31, 2024 Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) - deadline to submit application for Payment for 2023 losses
January 31, 2024 Food Safety Certification for Speciality Crops Program Deadline
February 1, 2024 Acreage Reporting - Maple Sap
February 19, 2024 USDA Offices Closed - Washington's Birthday
March 1, 2024 Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) - Deadline to submit application for payment for 2023 losses
March 15, 2024 Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) all spring-seeded annual crops deadline
March 15, 2024 Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs (ARC/PLC) Deadline for 2024 Enrollment
March 31, 2024 Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) deadline for prior year harvested wheat, barley, canola, crambe, flaxseed, honey, oats, rapeseed and sesame
April 29, 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) Program Sign Up Deadline
May 27, 2024 USDA Offices Closed - Memorial Day
May 31, 2024 Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) Nursery Deadline for 2024 crop year
May 31, 2024 Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) Deadline for prior year harvested corn, soybeans and other oilseeds, rice, grain sorghum, and pulse crops
June 19, 2024 USDA Offices Closed - Juneteenth
July 4, 2024 USDA Offices Closed - Independence Day
July 15, 2024 Acreage Reporting Deadline for all spring-seeded crops; including dry edible beans, dark and light red kidney beans, perennial forage, pasture, rangeland, forage seeding and all CRP acreage
August 15, 2024 Acreage Reporting Deadline for processing snap beans, cabbage
September 2, 2024 USDA Offices Closed - Labor Day
September 30, 2024 Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) Deadline for 2025 crop year for alfalfa, birdsfoot/trefoil, clover, garlic, grass, mixed forage, rhubarb, triticale, vetch, flowers, Christmas trees, fin fish, ginseng, turf grass sod and wild rice
September 30, 2024 Acreage Reporting for 2025 crop year for value-loss and controlled environment crops (except nursery)
October 14, 2024 USDA Offices Closed - Columbus Day
November 11, 2024 USDA Offices Closed - Veterans Day
November 15, 2024 Acreage Reporting Deadline for 2025 crop year for fall mint, fall-seeded small grains
November 20, 2024 Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) deadline for 2025 crop year for apples, aronia, asparagus, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, currants, grapes, honey, hops, maple sap, pears, plums, and strawberries
November 28, 2024 USDA Offices Closed - Thanksgiving Day
December 25, 2024 USDA Offices Closed - Christmas Observed
Ongoing
  • Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) sign-up
  • Notify your office of any prevented planting acres within 15 days of the crop's final planting date
  • Notify your county office of any failed acreage when the loss first becomes apparent and before destroying the crop
  • Notify your county office of any losses for the NAP program within 72 hours for hand-harvested crops within 15 days of the notice of loss for all other crops
  • Notify your county office of any losses under the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) or Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) within 30 days of notice of loss
  • Notify your county office of any losses under the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) within 90 days of notice of loss
  • Submit application for Farm Storage Facility Loan before delivery of materials and/or construction begins
  • Applications taken for all Farm Loans including direct ownership, direct operating, and microloans
  • Acreage reporting deadlines for various specialty crops occur throughout the year; if you are enrolled in the Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program(NAP), please check with your local FSA office for acreage reporting deadlines

Other Dates to Remember-Federally Observed Holidays

January 1, 2024 USDA Service Centers are closed New Year's Day
January 15, 2024 USDA Service Centers are closed Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
February 19, 2024 USDA Service Centers are closed Washington's Birthday
May 27, 2024 USDA Service Centers are closed Memorial Day
June 19, 2024 USDA Service Centers are closed Juneteenth
July 4, 2024 USDA Service Centers are closed Independence Day
September 2, 2024 USDA Service Centers are closed Labor Day
October 14, 2024 USDA Service Centers are closed Columbus Day
November 11, 2024 USDA Service Centers are closed Veterans Day
November 28, 2024 USDA Service Centers are closed Thanksgiving Day
December 25, 2024 USDA Service Centers are closed Christmas Day