 Fall River - Custer FSA December Update - December 31, 2025 In This Issue: Remember to complete proper paperwork in office before selling wool. Notify our office of livestock deaths due to 2025 weather events. December 31, 2025: ELAP transportation, all feed stuffs need to be hauled in and paid for. Signed application with signature, miles, and tons is due on March 2, 2026. January 30, 2026: Deadline to complete your 2025 wool loan deficiency payment application. February 2, 2026: Deadline to report and complete your acreage report for all 2025 fall planted crops February 10, 2026: County Committee Meeting with ballot opening at 1:00PM. March 2, 2026: Deadline to submit information and sign applications for ELAP, LFP, and LIP. April 30, 2026: Deadline for Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) Sign up for 2023 and/or 2024 crop/hay losses through SDRP. Prefilled applications have been mailed to eligible producers. Contact our office if you have had any changes to your farming/ranching operation. If you have sold land, purchased land, picked up a new lease or lost acreage, please contact this office so we may get your records updated in a timely manner. Have you signed up for text alerts from FSA? Text sdfallriver or sdcuster to FSANOW (372-699) to subscribe. Producers in Custer and Fall River Counties are eligible to apply for 2025 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) benefits on grazing acres. LFP provides compensation if you suffer grazing losses for covered livestock due to drought on privately owned or cash leased land or fire on federally managed land. County committees can only accept LFP applications after notification is received by the National Office of qualifying drought or if a federal agency prohibits producers from grazing normal permitted livestock on federally managed lands due to qualifying fire. You must complete a CCC-853 and the required supporting documentation no later than March 2, 2026, for 2025 losses. For additional information about LFP contact the local office or visit fsa.usda.gov.   FSA guaranteed loans allow lenders to provide agricultural credit to farmers who do not meet the lender's normal underwriting criteria. Farmers and ranchers apply for a guaranteed loan through a lender, and the lender arranges for the guarantee. FSA can guarantee up to 95 percent of the loss of principal and interest on a loan. Guaranteed loans can be used for both farm ownership and operating purposes. Guaranteed farm ownership loans can be used to purchase farmland, construct or repair buildings, develop farmland to promote soil and water conservation or to refinance debt. Guaranteed operating loans can be used to purchase livestock, farm equipment, feed, seed, fuel, farm chemicals, insurance and other operating expenses. FSA can guarantee farm ownership and operating loans up to $2,343,000. Repayment terms vary depending on the type of loan, collateral and the producer's ability to repay the loan. Operating loans are normally repaid within seven years and farm ownership loans are not to exceed 40 years. For more information on guaranteed loans, contact office or visit fsa.usda.gov. Fall River - Custer USDA Service Center 339 S. Chicago St. Hot Springs, SD 57747 Phone: 605-745-5716 ext. 2
Fax: 1-855-262-0862 | | | | Farm Loan Manager Amanda Wulf amanda.wulf@usda.gov Benita Trump, Farm Loan Analyst Jordyn Holmes, Farm Loan Officer | County Executive Director Kari Sanders kari.sanders@usda.gov Toree Edgar, Program Analyst Kendra Wermager, Program Analyst | | County Committee Members: Brad Grill, Devon Trent, Jeremiah Whitcher, Jodi Thomsen, Kristin Neugebauer | | 
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