<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>We lost about half an apple block and all of the peaches in 2004.</div><div>FSA verified the losses and ownership of the blocks. There was some funding for tree replacement. I don't remember the details except the assistance was welcome. No issues that I recall.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:100%">Art Kelly<br>Kelly Orchards<br>Acton, Maine</div></div><br><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Pat Curran <pat@curransorchard.com> <br>Date: 06/11/2016 11:07 AM (GMT-05:00) <br>To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.com <br>Subject: [Apple-Crop] TAP <br> <br><br>I'd like to know what, if any, experience fellow growers might have had with the government's Tree Assistance Program (TAP) that was put in place a couple of years ago to "assist" growers with replanting (replacing) trees that were killed by the severe winter of '14?<br><br><br>Pat Curran<br>Currans Orchard<br>6385 Kilburn Avenue<br>Rockford, Illinois 61101<br>815-963-7848<br>pat@curransorchard.com<br>www.curransorchard.com<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>apple-crop mailing list<br>apple-crop@virtualorchard.com<br>http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop<br></body>