Asparagus Revenue Market Loss Assistance Payment Program (ALAP)
Asparagus Revenue Market Loss Assistance Payment (ALAP) Program compensates producers for revenue losses resulting from imports during the 2004 through 2007 crop years. Eligible asparagus producers will receive a market loss payment based upon the marketing category of their 2003 crop of asparagus. The 2008 Farm Bill provides up to $15 million in market loss payments to 2003-crop asparagus producers.
To qualify for ALAP, producers must: Have produced and marketed asparagus in commercial quantities in the U.S. during both crop years 2003 and 2007, and; Meet highly erodible land and wetland provisions. Additional ALAP payment eligibility requirements will apply for the applicable marketing category that exceeds available funding. ALAP payments will be calculated based upon an eligible producer’s 2003 asparagus production quantity for fresh marketed and/or process or frozen market asparagus.
Maximum payment rates have been determined according to the following:
Marketing Category - Processed or Frozen Market Crop Asparagus - Maximum Payment Rate - $1.08 per pound. Fresh-Crop Asparagus - $1.06 per pound
Sign-up for the ALAP ends on April 8, 2011. Please contact County Executive Director, Ted C. Smiarowski, Jr. at the Hampshire/Hampden County FSA Office 413-585-1000 extension 2 or your local County FSA Office for further information.
