(Des Moines)--Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey said that $501,500 in amount allotment is accessible through a new affairs advised to advice farmers with amoebic acceptance expenses. Farmers are acceptable for 75 percent agreement of acceptable acceptance expense, bound to $750 per acceptance scope, which include: crops, agrarian crops, livestock and processing/handling.
The borderline to administer for the abetment is November 3, 2014.
"There can be cogent costs associated with amoebic acceptance and this new affairs is advised to advice farmers account some of that expense," Northey said. "Organic producers can acquaintance our Department for added advice and a archetype of the application."
Organic operations charge be in acceptable continuing and acquire a accepted USDA amoebic affidavit to be acceptable to accept reimbursements. Applicants are acceptable for 75% agreement of acceptable certification-related costs paid amid October 1, 2013-September 30, 2014. Additional funds will be allocated for the consecutive years covered by the Farm Bill.
Application forms can be downloaded from our website: http://www.iowaagriculture.gov/AgDiversification/organicCostShare.asp">http://www.iowaagriculture.gov/AgDiversification/organicCostShare.asp. If you are clumsy to download the forms, a archetype can be mailed to you by contacting Tammy Stotts at 515-281-7657 or tammy.stotts@iowaagriculture.gov.
Iowa has about 800 certified amoebic operations and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship certifies about 400 of those farms.
The Amoebic Acceptance Amount Allotment Affairs is allotment of the 2014 Farm Bill and is advised to abetment amoebic producers and handlers by offsetting costs associated with amoebic certification. Through the National Amoebic Acceptance Cost-Share Program, $11.5 actor is accessible to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and bristles U.S. Territories. Only bristles states accept been awarded added allotment than Iowa's $501,500 allocation.
