USDA & NRCS money programs: deadlines & sign-ups

FSA pays on deadlines, not on how dry it got. Here are the deadlines.

County

Deadlines over the next 12 months

Crop ins.Nov 20, 2026 · 18 d PRFDec 1, 2026 · 29 d LFPMar 1, 2027 · 119 d ELAPMar 1, 2027 · 119 d LIPMar 1, 2027 · 119 d

Tax & ag-use

Money on the table in Ottawa County

FSA payments in the county

$6,433,584

1,406 payments in the 2025 FSA file

Land in CRP

394 acres

FSA, fiscal 2025 · $8,045 a year in rent

EQIP cost-share signed

$108,134

NRCS, fiscal 2025, county total

LFP 2026

Up to 4 payments

Ottawa County is on FSA's list (Oct 29, 2026)

Next money deadline

18 days

Crop ins. · Nov 20, 2026

County totals from FSA, CRP and NRCS files. Totals only; no names or addresses are shown.

Disaster pay (FSA)

119days

Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)

Pays when drought hits your grazing. Ottawa County is on the 2026 list: up to 4 monthly payments.

Due Mar 1, 2027On your county's list

How to apply for LFP

119days

Emergency Assistance for Livestock (ELAP)

Pays for feed, water and other losses that LFP and LIP do not cover.

Due Mar 1, 2027Any county

How to apply for ELAP

119days

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)

Pays for livestock lost to a weather event or an attack.

Due Mar 1, 2027Any county

How to apply for LIP

FSA Emergency Loans

Low-rate loans after FSA designates your county a disaster area.

Within 8 months of the designation.County designated

See emergency loans

Insurance (RMA)

29days

Pasture, Rangeland, Forage rain insurance (PRF)

Insurance that pays when pasture rainfall runs short. Buy it before the date.

Due Dec 1, 2026Sold in your county

Check the PRF dates

18days

Other crop insurance plans

Crop insurance plans for the 2027 crop year. 4 plans have a sales-closing date.

Due Nov 20, 2026Sold in your county

See crop insurance dates

Property tax and ag-use

59days

Pay at least half by this date, or the whole year's tax is delinquent January 1

December 31 every year.

Due Dec 31, 2026OK rule

See the official page

149days

Second half due (delinquent April 1)

March 31 every year.

Due Mar 31, 2027OK rule

See the official page

364days

Property taxes due (bills payable from November 1)

November 1 every year.

Due Nov 1, 2027OK rule

See the official page

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Every date, with its source

Deadlines Report releases Appraisal districts

Deadlines

Crop insurance sales closing for Ottawa County, NRCS conservation program cutoffs, and Oklahoma property-tax and ag-use dates. Each date comes from the agency that sets it. When a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the next business day usually counts; check the source. A date shows here once it is posted on an official page, with a link to that page; until then it says confirm at source.

Coming up

Showing cattle and pasture dates.

Dec 1, 2026in 29 days

Last day to buy 2027 pasture rain insurance (PRF)

Crop insurance (RMA)

Details and source

Plans: Rainfall Index

Date posted: USDA crop insurance (RMA)

Source: USDA RMA · more · checked Aug 28, 2026
Dec 31, 2026in 59 days

Pay at least half by this date, or the whole year's tax is delinquent January 1

Oklahoma property tax · December 31 every year · 68 O.S. § 2913

Details and source

Date posted: Oklahoma Statutes, 68 O.S. § 2913 (OSCN)

Source: Oklahoma Statutes (OSCN) · checked Nov 2, 2026
Mar 1, 2027in 119 days

Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP): application and papers for 2026 losses are due by this date.

FSA disaster programs · 7 CFR 1416.206(a)

Details and source

Rule: 7 CFR 1416.206(a) (FSA rule, Jan 17, 2025)

Source: USDA FSA · checked Oct 18, 2026
Mar 1, 2027in 119 days

Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP): notice of loss, application and papers for 2026 losses are due by this date.

FSA disaster programs · 7 CFR 1416.107

Details and source

Rule: 7 CFR 1416.107 (FSA rule, Jan 17, 2025)

Source: USDA FSA · checked Oct 18, 2026
Mar 1, 2027in 119 days

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP): notice of loss, application and papers for 2026 losses are due by this date.

FSA disaster programs · 7 CFR 1416.305(b)

Details and source

Rule: 7 CFR 1416.305(b) (FSA rule, Jan 17, 2025)

Source: USDA FSA · checked Oct 18, 2026
Mar 31, 2027in 149 days

Second half due (delinquent April 1)

Oklahoma property tax · March 31 every year · 68 O.S. § 2913

Details and source

Date posted: Oklahoma Statutes, 68 O.S. § 2913 (OSCN)

Source: Oklahoma Statutes (OSCN) · checked Nov 2, 2026
Nov 1, 2027in 364 days

Property taxes due (bills payable from November 1)

Oklahoma property tax · November 1 every year · 68 O.S. § 2913

Details and source

Date posted: Oklahoma Statutes, 68 O.S. § 2913 (OSCN)

Source: Oklahoma Statutes (OSCN) · checked Nov 2, 2026

Show all crop-insurance dates (4)

Nov 20, 2026in 18 daysalso Apr 15, 2027

Micro Farm 2027: last day to buy crop insurance

Crop insurance (RMA)

Details and source

Plans: Whole Farm Revenue Protection

Date posted: USDA crop insurance (RMA)

Source: USDA RMA · more · checked Aug 28, 2026
Nov 20, 2026in 18 daysalso Mar 15, 2027

Whole Farm Revenue Protection 2027: last day to buy crop insurance

Crop insurance (RMA)

Details and source

Plans: Whole Farm Revenue Protection

Date posted: USDA crop insurance (RMA)

Source: USDA RMA · more · checked Aug 28, 2026
Dec 1, 2026in 29 days

Apiculture 2027: last day to buy crop insurance

Crop insurance (RMA)

Details and source

Plans: Rainfall Index

Date posted: USDA crop insurance (RMA)

Source: USDA RMA · more · checked Aug 28, 2026
Jan 31, 2027in 90 days

Pecans 2027: last day to buy crop insurance

Crop insurance (RMA)

Details and source

Plans: Pecan Revenue

Date posted: USDA crop insurance (RMA)

Source: USDA RMA · more · checked Aug 28, 2026

Confirm at source

These dates are not posted on an official page yet, so Cownty shows no date. Cownty checks every day and shows the date once it is posted.

confirm at source

Personal property lists due to the county assessor (assessor takes lists March 1-15)

Oklahoma property tax · 68 O.S. § 2836

Details and source

Farm equipment and other taxable personal property owned on January 1 are listed each year; late lists carry a penalty.

Source: Oklahoma Statutes (OSCN), confirm the date here · checked Nov 2, 2026
confirm at source

Valuation complaint to the county assessor

Oklahoma property tax · 68 O.S. § 2876

Details and source

Source: Oklahoma Statutes (OSCN), confirm the date here · checked Nov 2, 2026

Deadlines with no fixed date

These run from a notice you receive, or need no yearly filing. The rule comes from the cited law.

no fixed date

Agricultural land is assessed on its use value (no yearly application)

Oklahoma ag-use valuation · automatic: use value based on cash rent and soil productivity · 68 O.S. § 2817

Details and source

Rule stated by Oklahoma Statutes, 68 O.S. § 2817 (OSCN)

Source: Oklahoma Statutes (OSCN) · checked Nov 2, 2026

FSA disaster programs

Mar 1, 2027in 119 days
Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)
Application and papers for 2026 losses are due by this date. Rule: March 1 after the year of the loss (next business day if it falls on a weekend). Source: 7 CFR 1416.206(a), set by FSA's final rule of Jan 17, 2025 · checked Oct 18, 2026
Mar 1, 2027in 119 days
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP)
Notice of loss, application and papers for 2026 losses are due by this date. Rule: March 1 after the year of the loss (next business day if it falls on a weekend). Source: 7 CFR 1416.107, set by FSA's final rule of Jan 17, 2025 · checked Oct 18, 2026
Mar 1, 2027in 119 days
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
Notice of loss, application and papers for 2026 losses are due by this date. Rule: March 1 after the year of the loss (next business day if it falls on a weekend). Source: 7 CFR 1416.305(b), set by FSA's final rule of Jan 17, 2025 · checked Oct 18, 2026
no fixed date
FSA Emergency Loans (after a disaster designation)
Within 8 months of the county's disaster designation; your FSA office has the exact date.

Report a loss to your county FSA office early; they tell you what records to keep. Information only. FSA decides eligibility.

Already closed this season (7)

Sep 30, 2026

Corn 2027: last day to buy crop insurance

Crop insurance (RMA)

Details and source

Plans: Margin Protection, Margin Protection with Harvest Price Option

Date posted: USDA crop insurance (RMA)

Source: USDA RMA · more · checked Aug 28, 2026
Sep 30, 2026

Grain Sorghum 2027: last day to buy crop insurance

Crop insurance (RMA)

Details and source

Plans: Margin Cov Opt - Rev Prot, Margin Cov Opt - Rev Prot w Harv Price Excl, Margin Cov Opt - Yield Prot

Date posted: USDA crop insurance (RMA)

Source: USDA RMA · more · checked Aug 28, 2026
Sep 30, 2026

Oats 2027: last day to buy crop insurance

Crop insurance (RMA)

Details and source

Plans: Revenue Prot with Harvest Price Exclusion, Revenue Protection, Yield Protection

Date posted: USDA crop insurance (RMA)

Source: USDA RMA · more · checked Aug 28, 2026
Sep 30, 2026

Soybeans 2027: last day to buy crop insurance

Crop insurance (RMA)

Details and source

Plans: Margin Protection, Margin Protection with Harvest Price Option

Date posted: USDA crop insurance (RMA)

Source: USDA RMA · more · checked Aug 28, 2026
Sep 30, 2026

Wheat 2027: last day to buy crop insurance

Crop insurance (RMA)

Details and source

Plans: Enhanced Cov Opt - Rev Prot, Enhanced Cov Opt - Rev Prot with Harv Price Excl, Enhanced Cov Opt - Yield Prot, Revenue Prot with Harvest Price Exclusion, Revenue Protection, Supp Cov Opt - Rev Prot, Supp Cov Opt - Rev Prot with Harv Price Excl, Supp Cov Opt - Yield Prot, Yield Protection

Date posted: USDA crop insurance (RMA)

Source: USDA RMA · more · checked Aug 28, 2026
Sep 1, 2026

Nursery (NVS) 2027: last day to buy crop insurance

Crop insurance (RMA)

Details and source

Plans: Dollar Amount Of Insurance

Date posted: USDA crop insurance (RMA)

Source: USDA RMA · more · checked Aug 28, 2026
Jul 15, 2026

Annual Forage 2027: last day to buy crop insurance

Crop insurance (RMA)

Details and source

Plans: Rainfall Index

Date posted: USDA crop insurance (RMA)

Source: USDA RMA · more · checked Aug 28, 2026

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RMA dates from the Actuarial Data Master "Date" record for Ottawa County; NRCS from its application cutoff page; Oklahoma dates from the statute or official page linked on each row. Fetched Nov 2, 2026.

Report releases

USDA reports that move cattle and grain markets. Next dates appear once USDA posts them on ESMIS, the NASS calendar or the OCE WASDE page, with a link to where it was posted.

Nov 20, 2026
next release

Cattle on Feed

USDA NASS

Feedlot inventory, placements and marketings (Texas is a top state). Monthly, 2 p.m. Central.

Date posted by USDA ESMIS, Upcoming releases

Also posted: Dec 18, 2026

Last released Oct 23, 2026 · read it (PDF)

Source: USDA ESMIS · NASS calendar · as of Nov 2, 2026
Nov 10, 2026
next release

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE)

USDA World Agricultural Outlook Board

USDA's monthly supply, demand and price forecasts for grains, oilseeds, cotton and livestock.

Date posted by USDA Office of the Chief Economist, WASDE release dates

Also posted: Dec 10, 2026, Jan 12, 2027

Last released Oct 9, 2026 · read it (PDF)

Source: USDA ESMIS · WASDE schedule · as of Nov 2, 2026
confirm at source
next release

Cattle (inventory)

USDA NASS

Size of the U.S. and Texas cattle herd, cows and replacement heifers. Twice a year (January and July).

Not posted yet on ESMIS, NASS calendar. Cownty checks daily and shows the date once USDA posts it.

Last released Jul 24, 2026 · read it (PDF)

Source: USDA ESMIS, confirm the next date here · NASS calendar · as of Nov 2, 2026

Fetched Nov 2, 2026.

Appraisal districts

In Oklahoma, ag-use and personal-property filings go to the county assessor; see the official links on the deadline rows above. Links only; Cownty does not look up owners or parcels.