Specialty Crops Program Gets Paperwork Lifeline
Published Date: 6/6/2025
Notice
Summary
The Foreign Agricultural Service wants to keep collecting info for the Specialty Crops help program, called TASC. This means farmers and businesses involved with specialty crops will keep sharing some paperwork, but no big changes or extra costs are expected. The extension keeps things running smoothly without adding new deadlines or fees.
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TASC paperwork extension continues
If you are a farmer or business that works with specialty crops, you will continue to provide the same information to the Foreign Agricultural Service under the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program. The agency is asking OMB to extend the currently approved information collection, and the notice says no new deadlines, fees, or major changes are expected.
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