Instructions For AD-893

RECOMMENDATION OF PERCENT OF CROPLAND TO BE ENROLLED IN CRP AND OR WRP

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) federal regulations limit enrollment to 25 percent of the cropland in a county with no more than 10 percent in easements, unless the Secretary of Agriculture determines that further enrollments will not adversely effect the economy of the county. This form is used by public citizens who are seeking to increase the amount of land available to be enrolled into CRP or WRP in their county.

Submit the original of the completed form in hard copy or facsimile to the appropriate USDA servicing office.

Customers who have established electronic access credentials with USDA may electronically transmit this form to the USDA servicing office, provided that (1) the customer submitting the form is the only person required to sign the transaction, or (2) the customer has an approved Power of Attorney (Form FSA-211) on file with USDA to sign for other customers for the program and type of transaction represented by this form.

Features for transmitting the form electronically are available to those customers with access credentials only. If you would like to establish online access credentials with USDA, follow the instructions provided at the USDA eForms web site.

Producers must complete Items 1, and 10 through 14.

Fld Name / Item No.	Instruction
1 County Office Address	Enter the name of the County FSA office to receive this request. FSA will complete the remaining address information.

Fld Name /
Item No.

Instruction

County Office Address

Enter the name of the County FSA office to receive this request. FSA will complete the remaining address information.

Items 2- 9 are for FSA use only.

Items 10A - 14

Fld Name / Item No.	Instruction
10A Recom-mended limit for CRP	Enter recommendation for county cropland percentage for CRP.
10B Recom- mended limit, WRP	Enter recommendation for county cropland percentage for WRP. Leave blank if this request is for CRP waiver.
10C If you recommend 25 %…	Enter “YES” or “NO” to indicate whether the county cropland limitation should exceed the 25 percent by a small increase. If YES", enter the increase.
11 I belong to the following groups…	Check the applicable group or groups in which the representative participates.
12 Comments or Recom- mendations	Enter any additional comments or recommendations.
13 Name	Enter the name of the person completing Items 10 through 12.
14 Signature and Date	The person completing Items 10 through 13 shall sign and date AD-893. If you are mailing or faxing this form, print the form and manually enter your signature. If this form is approved for electronic transmission and you have established credentials with USDA to submit forms electronically, use the buttons provided on the form for transmitting the form to the USDA servicing office.

Fld Name /
Item No.

Instruction

10A

Recom-mended limit for CRP

Enter recommendation for county cropland percentage for CRP.

10B

Recom-

mended limit, WRP

Enter recommendation for county cropland percentage for WRP.

Leave blank if this request is for CRP waiver.

10C

If you recommend 25 %…

Enter “YES” or “NO” to indicate whether the county cropland limitation should exceed the 25 percent by a small increase. If
YES", enter the increase.

I belong to the following groups…

Check the applicable group or groups in which the representative participates.

Comments or Recom-

mendations

Enter any additional comments or recommendations.

Name

Enter the name of the person completing Items 10 through 12.

Signature and Date

The person completing Items 10 through 13 shall sign and date AD-893.

If you are mailing or faxing this form, print the form and manually enter your signature. If this form is approved for electronic transmission and you have established credentials with USDA to submit forms electronically, use the buttons provided on the form for transmitting the form to the USDA servicing office.