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WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding the Controlled Environment pilot crop insurance program to an additional 48 counties in 17 states for 2026 and succeeding crop years. The Controlled Environment program from USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is specifically for plants grown in fully enclosed controlled environments and provides coverage against plant diseases subject to destruction orders.
Additionally, RMA is making other improvements, including:
Increasing the upper limit of coverage percentage from 75% to 85%.Providing coverage for quarantines, when certain qualifications are met.“Expanding and improving the Controlled Environment program better aligns risk management tools with the needs of producers who grow in…