USDA Announces Assistance For Orchardists, Nursery Tree Growers

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WOODBURY, TN, May 19, 2010 – Donny Green, County Executive Director of the Cannon County Farm Service Agency, announces that orchardists and nursery tree growers can begin applying for benefits under the Tree Assistance Program, which was authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill. Signup began Monday, May 10, 2010, at local Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices.

"This program helps our orchardists and nursery tree growers replant and get back on their feet after natural disasters,” said Green.

The Tree Assistance Program (TAP) provides help to orchardists and nursery tree growers who produce trees, bushes and vines for commercial purposes, to replant or rehabilitate trees, bushes and vines damaged or destroyed by natural disasters. The 2008 Farm Bill expanded eligibility to include Christmas tree and nursery tree growers that were ineligible under prior legislation. Trees grown for pulp or timber or not grown for commercial purposes are not eligible.

To be eligible for TAP, producers must have suffered more than an 18 percent death loss due to the natural disaster. TAP is a cost-reimbursement program, with payments covering up to 70 percent of replant costs and 50 percent of pruning, removal and other salvaging costs for replacing or salvaging damaged trees.

Producers can receive assistance for up to 500 acres of trees, bushes or vines. Producers must also have purchased a policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act or Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program, or for 2008, obtained a waiver of the risk management purchase requirement through the buy-in provision. Eligible losses must have occurred on or after Jan. 1, 2008, and before Oct. 1, 2011.

For more information on the new TAP program, please contact the Cannon County FSA office at 615-563-4321, or visit the Farm Service Agency’s website at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/tap.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

PHONE-(615) 563-4321 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER FAX-(615) 563-8646
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May 20, 2010 at 8:44am
USDA has in the past paid out a few dollars. Here are some numbers.

Following information from ewg.org Cannon County

Disaster payments in 2009 totaled $135,000. The top 20 recipients in 2009 for disaster aid dollars were:

1. Steven Blanton Bradyville, TN 37026 $13,917
2 Orville Lewis Woodbury, TN 37190 $7,512
3 R L Cooper Morrison, TN 37357 $6,962
4 James E Bean Jr Bradyville, TN 37026 $6,357
5 French Jernigan Bradyville, TN 37026 $4,650
6 Charles Bowman Bradyville, TN 37026 $4,479 7 Bob Melton Woodbury, TN 37190 $4,077
8 Johnny Q Ford Smithville, TN 37166 $3,762 9 Sue Mae Wood Mc Minnville, TN 37110 $3,684 10 Ward Pack Woodbury, TN 37190 $3,491
11 Thomas N Miller Sr Cedartown, GA 30125 $3,315
12 Steven B Higgins Woodbury, TN 37190 $2,662
13 Lou Pitts Nave Woodbury, TN 37190 $2,601 14 Palmer Cook Jr Woodbury, TN 37190 $2,426 15 Marshall Williams Woodbury, TN 37190 $2,374
16 Horton Elrod Readyville, TN 37149 $2,354 17 Tim Howell Woodbury, TN 37190 $2,325
18 Bobby W Simpson Bradyville, TN 37026 $2,214
19 Judy Williams Liberty, TN 37095 $2,139
20 Wayne Mullins Bradyville, TN 37026 $2,129

Disaster payments to Cannon County farmers from 1995 through 2009 totaled $1,818,000. Top recipients were:
1 1. Jimmy Bugg Woodbury, TN 37190 $100,737 2 Gerry Nokes Woodbury, TN 37190 $85,807
3 David Coppinger Morrison, TN 37357 $80,940 4 Tim George Morrison, TN 37357 $80,000
5 Harold Underwood Woodbury, TN 37190 $66,056
6 Bruce A Daniel Bradyville, TN 37026 $62,880
7 Huff & Puff Acres Inc * Bradyville, TN 37026 $59,830
8 Jeff Wood Mc Minnville, TN 37110 $47,981
9 Jimmy H Fann Woodbury, TN 37190 $47,956
10 Charles D Powell Morrison, TN 37357 $41,862
11 Jimmy Higgins Woodbury, TN 37190 $34,552 12 Tonya Melton Smithville, TN 37166 $32,626 13 Joseph A Duke Woodbury, TN 37190 $30,501 14 Harry Lee Barnes Morrison, TN 37357 $29,621
15 Barker Farms * Readyville, TN 37149 $27,485
16 Tim Underwood Woodbury, TN 37190 $26,429 17 Martin Daniel Bradyville, TN 37026 $20,224
18 David Franklin Bradyville, TN 37026 $19,278
19 James E Bean Jr Bradyville, TN 37026 $17,463
20 Orville Lewis Woodbury, TN 37190 $16,231




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