[Jacob-list] us fsa sheep improvement program question

[Mark Essen]

I guess I should feel fortunate.  Our FSA people are not always fast, but
they are very busy.  This time, however, I took my paperwork in on October
27, and received a direct deposit into my checking account right at three
weeks later.  This was for rams and improvements, both together in one
deposit.   A neighbor who does not have a checking account received a check
in the mail right at three weeks after he turned in his paperwork.
If anybody wants to move to a good slow county with fast government
employees, the farm down the road is for sale.
Mark Essen
Famous Acres
6701 County Road 353
Fulton, Mo.  65251
(573)642-0350
messen at socket.net
Jacobs 4-Horn Sheep, Pygmy Goats, Pyrenees, Peafowl, Turkeys, Highland
Cattle, Yak, Emu, Fallow Deer, Zebu Cattle all living together in the
Kingdom of Callaway
----- Original Message -----
From: iseespots <iseespots at email.msn.com>
To: *Jacob discussion group <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 11:12 AM
Subject: [Jacob-list] us fsa sheep improvement program question


> Hi all,
>
> Remember the 3 year program that had it's first year's deadline on October
1
> of 2000?  I got my paperwork in and verbally approved by the local fsa
> office manager on the 28th of September.  I was told that payment would
> probably be made by November 1st, and assuming the govt. was involved, I
> have waited a few extra weeks to get notification of my payment.  Well,
> today, I called him up to find out where the process had gotten slowed
down.
> He informs me that he has no documentation of payment for the
> animals/application was not completed, AND to make the story just a little
> more palatable (since I had all receipts with me and they diddled around
at
> length to make sure everything was correct when I was filling out the form
> IN THEIR OFFICE), he tells me they have not yet heard HOW or WHEN to make
> any of these payments.  He also said they just took in a few more
> applications just last week!
>
> What are you experiences on this?  Am I sitting in the universal same
> position as all the rest of you who applied, or is there a particular
> document or phone number I can give my local fsa person to get him up to
> speed with the program.  His explanation was, "this is just how the
> government works" like that was supposed to make me happy and go away
> quietly.
>
> Mary Ellen
> ISeeSpots Farm www.iseespots.com
> Home of Jacob Sheep, Shetland Sheep,
> and German Angora Rabbits, colored German Angora crosses.
> Renewable fleeces, loving personalities, friends.
>
>
>
>
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