No. Crop insurance covers physical damage from an insurable cause of loss, such as adverse weather, but does not cover the inability to market cherries for any reason other than actual physical damage.
Yes. If production will not be harvested, whether there is a loss of production or not, growers should timely contact their crop insurance company to have their production appraised.
Appraisals can be used in conjunction with the annual price to maintain the approved revenue history for your crop insurance policy in succeeding crop years.
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