The USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA)’s Executive Director William Browning reminds farmers that enrollment for the 2010 Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) and the Counter-Cyclical Program (DCP) will end June 1.

Browning said that late-filed applications will not be accepted because, unlike in years past, no late filed provisions are permitted for contract years 2009-2012.

“DCP and ACRE are programs that the USDA offers to farmers who farm land that has historically been farmed,” Browning said.

June 1 of the contract period is the deadline for all owners and operators who will share in the DCP payments on the farm must sign the CCC-509.

The optional ACRE Program provides a safety net based on State revenue losses and acts in place of the price-based safety net of counter-cyclical payments under DCP. By participating in ACRE, producers elect to forgo counter-cyclical payments.

To elect ACRE for a farm, producers must complete Form CCC-509 ACRE, which irrevocably elects ACRE for the farm through crop year 2012.

Sign-ups for the programs began in January.

For more information about the ACRE and DCP programs, check out Fsa.usda.gov.