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TAA Final Deadline for FY2011 Applications is Dec 23, 2010

For shrimpers that are not participating in the FY2010 Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers (TAAF) program, the deadline for applications for the FY2011 TAAF program is tomorrow, December 23, 2010. We have been reminded that late applications will not be accepted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Applications for TAAF (Form FSA-229-1) can be downloaded from the website www.taaforfarmers.org by clicking on “Shrimp (Applied After Sept 24)” and must be submitted to your local Farm Services Agency office of the USDA. Shrimpers in 24 parishes in Louisiana, 35 counties in Florida, and 4 counties in South Carolina need only demonstrate that they landed shrimp in 2008 and in one of the three prior years between 2005 and 2007 in order to establish threshold individual eligibility for the FY2011 program.

The counties and parishes that have received “group” certification from the USDA are as follows:

Summary of Group Eligibility by FSA Office

South Carolina

Jasper County Farm Service Agency

Services: Jasper County, Beaufort County

Charleston County Farm Service Agency

Services: Charleston County, Berkeley County

Louisiana

St. John’s the Baptist County Farm Service Agency

Services: Orleans Parish, St. Bernard’s Parish, Plaquemines Parish, Jefferson Parish, St. Charles Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish

LaFourche County Farm Service Agency

Services: LaFourche Parish, Assumption Parish, Terrebonne Parish

Washington County Farm Service Agency

Services: St. Tammany Parish, Washington Parish

Tangipahoa County Farm Service Agency

Services: Tangipahoa Parish, St. Helena Parish

Livingston County Farm Service Agency

Services: Livingston Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish

Ascension County Farm Service Agency

Services: St. James Parish, Ascension Parish

Iberia County Farm Service Agency

Services: Iberia Parish

St. Martin County Farm Service Agency

Services: St. Martin Parish

St. Landry County Farm Service Agency

Services: St. Landry Parish

Lafayette County Farm Service Agency

Services: Lafayette Parish

Evangeline County Farm Service Agency

Services: Evangeline Parish

Acadia County Farm Service Agency

Services: Acadia Parish

Jefferson Davis County Farm Service Agency

Services: Jefferson Davis Parish

Florida

Duval County Farm Service Agency

Services: Nassau County, Duval County, Baker County

Putnam County Farm Service Agency

Services: St. John’s County, Flagler County, Putnam County, Clay County

Volusia County Farm Service Agency

Services: Volusia County, Seminole County

Gilchrist County Farm Service Agency

Services: Dixie County, Gilchrist County

Levy County Farm Service Agency

Services: Levy County

Sumter County Farm Service Agency

Services: Citrus County, Sumter County

Santa Rosa County Farm Service Agency

Services: Santa Rosa County

Okaloosa County Farm Service Agency

Services: Okaloosa County

Walton County Farm Service Agency

Services: Walton County

Calhoun County Farm Service Agency

Services: Franklin County, Gulf County, Calhoun County, Liberty County

Jefferson County Farm Service Agency

Services: Wakulla County, Jefferson County, Leon County

Lee County Farm Service Agency

Services: Lee County, Collier County, Charlotte County

Hardee County Farm Service Agency

Services: Manatee County, Hardee County, Sarasota County, Desoto County

Hillsborough County Farm Service Agency

Services: Pinellas County, Hillsborough County

Pasco County Farm Service Agency

Services: Pasco County, Hernando County

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