New Jersey
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June 16 County Committee Nominations Begin (Nomination Form FSA-699A)
June 16 Planting Period 1 Cabbage (Atlantic Co Only)
June 19 All offices closed for Juneteenth National Independence Day
July 4 All offices closed for Independence Day
July 15 Acreage reporting deadline for corn, soybeans, spring planted grains and most other crops including CRP and cover crop
New Jersey FSA Dates & Deadlines
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Loans & Financial Assistance
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Lindsay Caragher
Deputy State Executive Director
New Jersey State Committee
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News
- Celebrating 25 Years of USDA’s Farm Storage Facility Loan Program
- USDA to Open General and Continuous Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment for 2025
- USDA to Issue $1.3 Billion to Specialty Crop Producers Through Second Marketing Assistance Program Payment
- USDA Designates 4 New Jersey Counties as Natural Disaster Areas
- Agricultural Producers Have Until April 15 to Enroll in USDA’s Key Commodity Safety Net Programs for the 2025 Crop Year
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National Deadlines
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Farm Service Agency county committees are a critical component of the day-to-day operations of FSA and allow grassroots input and location administration of federal farm programs. Nationwide, more than 7,700 dedicated members of the agricultural community serve on FSA county committees. The committees are made up of three to 11 members who serve three-year terms.
Elections occur each year in certain Local Administrative Areas (LAA). LAAs are elective areas for FSA committees in a single county or multi-county jurisdiction. This may include LAAs that are focused on an urban or suburban area.
Click the link below to access election information for your County Office
- Bergen, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren Counties (Coming Soon)
- Hunterdon and Somerset Counties
- Mercer, Middlesex, and Monmouth Counties
- Burlington, Camden, and Ocean Counties
- Gloucester and Salem Counties
- Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland Counties (Coming Soon)
County Committee Elections
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New Jersey Acreage Reporting Deadlines
- January 2 - Honey
- January 15 - Apples, Blueberries, Cranberries, Peaches, Grapes, & Strawberries
- June 2 - Subsequent Year Nursery Crops
- June 16 - Planting Period 1 Cabbage (Atlantic Co Only)
- July 15 - Soybeans, Corn and Other Spring Planted Feed Grains, Perennial Forage, CRP, Hemp & Most Other Crops, including fruits and vegetables
- August 15 - Processing Beans
- September 15 - Planting Period 2 Cabbage (Atlantic Co Only)
- September 30 - Value Loss Crops Except Nursery (i.e. Aquaculture, Christmas trees, Flowers, Sod)
- November 15 - Fall Planted Small Grains
Maps are now available at the your local County FSA Office for acreage reporting purposes. If you wish to receive your maps by e-mail, please call or email your office.
Producers are encouraged to file their acreage reports as soon as planting is completed.Exceptions - The following exceptions apply to acreage reporting dates:
- If the crop has not been planted by the acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 15 calendar days after planting is completed.
- If a producer acquires additional acreage after the acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 30 calendar days after purchase or acquiring the lease. Appropriate documentation must be provided to the county office.
- Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) policy holders should note that the acreage reporting date for NAP-covered crops is the earlier of the dates listed above or 15 calendar days before grazing or harvesting of the crop begins
In order to maintain program eligibility and benefits, you must file timely acreage reports. Failure to file an acreage report by the crop acreage reporting deadline may cause ineligibility for future program benefits. FSA will not accept late -filed acreage reports provided more than a year after the acreage reporting deadline.
Double Cropping
Each year, state committees will review and approve or disapprove county committee recommended changes or additions to specific combinations of crops.
Double-cropping is approved when the two specific crops have the capability to be planted and carried to maturity for the intended use, as reported by the producer, on the same acreage within a crop year under normal growing conditions. The specific combination of crops recommended by the county committee must be approved by the state committee.
Double-cropping is approved in New Jersey on a county-by-county basis. Click here to see the 2025 Approved Double Cropping Combination List or contact your local FSA Office for a list of approved double-cropping combinations for your county.
A crop following a cover crop terminated according to termination guidelines is approved double cropping and these combinations do not have to be approved by the state committee.
Acreage Reporting Deadlines & Approved Double Cropping Combinations
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Farmers in the following counties are eligible for Emergency Loans through the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA)
- Secretarial Designation S5908 - New Jersey
- For Drought beginning on 04/01/2025
- New Jersey Primary Counties: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester
- New Jersey contiguous counties: Burlington, Camden, Ocean, Salem
- Loan application deadline: 12/08/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5908 - New Jersey
- For Drought beginning on 5/19/2024
- New Jersey Primary Counties: Gloucester, Salem
- New Jersey contiguous counties: Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland
- Loan application deadline: 08/11/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5907 - New Jersey
- For Drought beginning on 6/05/2024
- New Jersey Primary Counties: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland
- New Jersey contiguous counties: Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem
- Loan application deadline: 08/11/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5906 - New Jersey
- For Drought and Excessive Heat beginning on 6/01/2024
- New Jersey Primary Counties: Burlington, Camden, Ocean
- New Jersey contiguous counties: Atlantic, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth
- Loan application deadline: 08/11/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5905 - New Jersey
- For Drought and Excessive Heat beginning on 6/25/2024
- New Jersey Primary Counties: Hunterdon, Somerset
- New Jersey contiguous counties: Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Union, Warren
- Loan application deadline: 08/11/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5875 - New York
- For Hurricane Debby from 08/05/2024 - 08/10/2024
- New Jersey contiguous counties: Sussex, Passaic
- Loan application deadline: 07/28/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5889 - Pennsylvania
- For Drought beginning on 11/19/2024
- New Jersey contiguous counties: Gloucester
- Loan application deadline: 07/25/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5872 - New Jersey
- For Excessive Rain and High Winds beginning on 07/16/2024
- New Jersey Primary Counties: Sussex
- New Jersey contiguous counties: Morris, Passaic, Warren
- Loan application deadline: 07/15/2025
- Secretarial Designation S5871 - New Jersey
- For Excessive Heat beginning on 06/01/2024
- New Jersey Primary Counties: Morris, Sussex, Warren
- New Jersey contiguous counties: Essex, Hunterdon, Passaic, Somerset, Union
- Loan application deadline: 07/15/2025
Please contact your local County Office for more information.
New Jersey Disaster Designations
- Secretarial Designation S5908 - New Jersey
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NAP Coverage Closing Dates
May 1- Nursery
August 1
- Strawberries
September 30
- Flowers
- Grass (SOD)
- Garlic
- Grass (Hay)
- Mixed Forage
- Rye
- Teff
November 20
- Apricots
- Caneberries
- Cherries
- Grapes
- Onions
- Pears
- Plums
December 21
- Honey
- Asparagus
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Greens
- Herbs
- Horseradish
- Kohlrabi
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Parsnip
- Peas
- Radishes
- Rhubarb
- Turnips
- Water Cress
March 15
- Beans
- Brussel Sprouts
- Canary Melon
- Cantaloupes
- Celery
- Corn-PR
- Crenshaw Melon
- Cucumbers
- Eggplant
- Honeydew
- Korean Golden Melon
- Oats
- Okra
- Peppers
- Potatoes, Sweet
- Pumpkins
- Rutabaga
- Shallots
- Sorghum-FG
- Squash
- Sunflower
- Tomatillos
- Tomatoes
- Watermelon
- Yam
Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP
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The Farm Service Agency is seeking to hire loss adjuster (LA) throughout the state. LAs are:
- required to have knowledge of field crops and specialty crops, as well as a thorough understanding and execution of crop adjusting guidelines and program provisions, as applicable to FSA programs. LA’s are self-employed; therefore, health and retirement benefits are not provided. LA’s are responsible for paying all taxes on earned income.
- responsible for obtaining equipment necessary to perform required inspection/appraisal duties. Some equipment such as cameras and GPS measuring devices may be available through the FSA county office.
- required to complete training
For additional information please contact Aly Dyson, NJ FSA Farm Program Disaster Specialist, Alyson.Dyson@usda.gov.
Farm Service Agency is Seeking Loss Adjusters
