USDA Reminder on Crop Acreage Reports
(Christiansburg, VA) July 7, 2026 – After spring planting is complete, agricultural producers should make an appointment with the New River Valley Farm Service Agency (FSA) to complete crop acreage reports before the applicable deadline.
“Producers must file an accurate crop acreage report by the applicable deadline in order to receive many USDA program benefits,” said Derek Pruitt, FSA’s County Executive Director in New River Valley Service Center. “Call your local FSA office to make an appointment to report your acreage after planting is complete and take care of any other FSA-related business.”
How to File a Report
A crop acreage report documents a crop grown on a farm or ranch, its intended use and location. Producers should file an accurate crop acreage report for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage and prevented planted acreage before the applicable deadline.
The following acreage reporting dates are applicable in New River Valley counties:
July 15, 2026 All commodity crops, specialty crops, perennial hay, and grazing
To file a crop acreage report, producers need to provide:
- Crop and crop type or variety
- Intended crop use
- Number of crop acres
- Map with approximate crop boundaries
- Planting date(s)
- Planting pattern, when applicable
- Producer share(s)
- Irrigation practice(s)
- Acreage prevented from planting, when applicable
- Failed acres, if applicable
- Other required information
Farmers.gov Portal
Producers can access their FSA farm records, maps, and common land units through the farmers.gov customer portal. The portal allows producers to export field boundaries as shapefiles and import and view other shapefiles, such as precision agriculture boundaries within farm records mapping. Producers can view, print and label their maps for acreage reporting purposes. A login.gov account that is linked to a USDA customer record is required to use the portal.
Producers can visit farmers.gov/account to learn more about creating an account. Producers who have the authority to act on behalf of another customer as a grantee via an FSA-211 Power of Attorney form, Business Partner Signature Authority or as a member of a business can now access information for the business in the farmers.gov portal.
Geospatial Acreage Reporting
Acreage reports using precision agriculture planting boundaries can be filed electronically with an approved insurance provider or an authorized third-party provider, who will then share the file with FSA staff. Producers should notify their local FSA office if they submitted an electronic geospatial acreage report containing precision planting boundaries that they want to use as part of their FSA acreage report.
More Information
For more information, producers can contact the New River Valley County FSA office at 540-585-3651.
