The Farm Service Agency's (FSA) Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) provides financial assistance to Haywood County producers of non-insurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory or prevented planting occur due to a natural disaster.

Eligible producers must apply for coverage of non-insurable crops using Form CCC-471, and pay the applicable service fee at the FSA office where their farm records are maintained.   The application and service fee must be filed by the sales closing date.  Since sales closing dates vary by crop, contact the Haywood County FSA office for the applicable date for your crops.

An eligible producer is a landowner, tenant or sharecropper who shares in the risk of producing an eligible crop and is entitled to an ownership share of that crop. As ...