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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

FARM SERVICE AGENCY FACT SHEET

October 2016

Acreage Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI)

OVERVIEW

Acreage crop reporting is an important part of the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) delivery 

of programs and services to farmers and ranchers. 

The USDA Acreage Crop Reporting Streamlining 

Initiative (ACRSI) has established a common 

framework for agricultural producers to submit 

acreage reports to USDA.

Farmers and ranchers can now choose to report 

their common crop acreage information just 

once, either to their Farm Service Agency (FSA) 

local county office or to their participating crop 

insurance agent on behalf of the Risk Management 

Agency (RMA). The common information from 

those acreage reports will be shared electronically 

and securely between FSA, RMA and the 

producers’ Approved Insurance Provider (AIP). 

Although producers must still contact both their 

county office and their crop insurance agent as 

they normally would to complete program-specific 

information, validate the common information, 

complete maps and sign acreage reports, the 

common data from the first-filed acreage reports 

will now be available to pre-populate and 

accelerate completion of the second reports. This 

will eliminate redundant reporting.

This new capability reduces the reporting burden 

on farmers and ranchers by eliminating the need 

to report the same information multiple times to 

multiple locations, while supporting efficient, 

secure and more accurate data sharing across 

participating USDA agencies.

GOALS

ACRSI will:

• Improve the customer experience;

• Reduce the customer burden;

• Eliminate redundancy in data;

• Increase data integrity and data sharing within 

USDA; and

• Provide process efficiencies.

PRODUCER INVOLVEMENT

Producers will report their common crop acreage 

information through one of the following channels:

• FSA county office; or

• A participating crop insurance agent of an 

Approved Insurance Provider (AIP).

After a farmer or rancher chooses a channel and 

files their report, the data is shared electronically 

and securely among participating USDA agencies.

Acreage report data will be shared commonly for 

those producers who:

• Have planted one or more of the approved 

crops;

• Carry crop insurance on approved crops; and

• Carry insurance with a participating AIP with a 

policy in force.

Producers can report their common crop acreage 

for the approved categories listed below.

Alfalfa Fallow Rye

Barley Grass Sorghum

Canola/Rapeseed Oats Soybeans

CRP Peanuts Sunflowers

Corn Rice Wheat

Cotton

These categories cover more than 94 percent of the 

acreage annually reported to USDA nationwide. 

USDA may add to this list in the future.

Producers must still contact both their FSA county 

office and their crop insurance agent as they 

normally would to complete program-specific 

information, validate the common information, 

complete maps and sign acreage reports.
FACT SHEET

ACRSI October 2016

OTHER BENEFITS

Publishing a USDA data standard for acreage 

reporting enables innovation by the precision 

agriculture industry to design tools to gather 

data around those standards. Producers who 

use this technology and have the ability to 

report electronically will benefit most from the 

efficiencies built into the ACRSI reporting process.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information on FSA and its programs, 

visit a local FSA county office or online at 

www.fsa.usda.gov. To find a local USDA service 

center, visit http://offices.usda.gov.

For more information on RMA and its programs, 

contact your insurance agent or RMA online at 

http://www.rma.usda.gov. _________________________________________

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the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions 

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sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income 

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responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 

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Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA 

Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online 

at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html and at any 

USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in 

the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request 

a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your 

completed form or letter to USDA by:

1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant

 Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW

 Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or

3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

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