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WASHINGTON, 31 de agosto de 2023. El Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (United States Department of Agriculture, USDA) anunció hoy que ha realizado mejoras en las opciones de seguro para cultivos para agricultores pequeños y diversificados a través de actualizaciones en los planes de seguro Protección de Ingresos Agrícolas Integrales (Whole-Farm Revenue Protection, WRFP) y Micro Granja. Estas actualizaciones forman parte de los esfuerzos de la Agencia de Gestión de Riesgos (Risk Management Agency, RMA) del USDA para aumentar la participación y el acceso al seguro para cultivos.
“Las mejoras en las políticas de los programas Protección de Ingresos Agrícolas Integrales y Micro Granja son una respuesta directa a los comentarios que…
Richmond, Vermont, 14 de agosto de 2023 – La Agencia de Servicios Agrícolas (Farm Service Agency, FSA) y la Agencia de Gestión de Riesgos (Risk Management Agency, RMA) del Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos (U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA) han autorizado excepciones en las políticas para programas clave de asistencia por desastres y seguros de cosechas para ayudar a las operaciones agrícolas del noreste, que se han visto significativamente afectadas por las recientes inundaciones en 2023.
"La producción y las pérdidas físicas por las inundaciones han devastado a los agricultores y ganaderos en el noreste", dijo Robert Bonnie, subsecretario de Producción y Conservación Agrícola del USDA, quien esta semana visitó a productores y…
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding its insurance coverage options for specialty crops and other actual production history (APH) crop programs. Through its Risk Management Agency (RMA), it will expand the availability of enterprise units to crops where they were previously unavailable, giving agricultural producers greater options to manage their risk.
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WASHINGTON, May 23, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a Request for Information today, announcing public listening sessions and soliciting public comments on possible changes to prevented planting crop insurance coverage. Coinciding with the public comment period, USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) will hold in-person and virtual listening sessions June through August. This includes in-person listening sessions in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.…
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2023 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appointed two new members of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors, which oversees the Federal crop insurance program available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Chris Bardenhagen and Howard James will serve four-year terms beginning this month on the board, which guides USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) on administering crop insurance.
“RMA is committed to serving a broader group of farmers through Federal crop insurance to ensure risk management options are available for farmers of all backgrounds who grow a wide variety of crops. This includes representation on the Federal Crop…
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is modifying the Annual Forage Insurance Program to make it more sustainable and to allow producers more flexibility. This includes allowing producers to choose the areas which they insure, rather than being required to insure all eligible acres. The changes will take effect for the 2024 crop year.
“Our goal is to make sure that the policies we offer are sustainable and meet the needs of producers” said Marcia Bunger, Administrator for USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA). “RMA’s modifications will ensure the program is available in the future and at the same time new flexibilities will allow the policy to be more tailored to the producers own operation.”
The Annual Forage…
WASHINGTON, March 30, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding its Margin Protection insurance plan, adding more than a thousand counties to the insurance option that provides coverage against an unexpected decrease in operating margin for corn and soybean producers. This expansion, which is in direct response to growing interest among producers, will be available by June 30, 2023. Interested producers will need to purchase their coverage by Sept. 30, 2023, to be eligible for the 2024 crop year.â¯
“Increasing the availability of a program is sometimes the best way we can improve upon an effective program and serve our farmers with more…
WASHINGTON, March 9, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering a new service that assists entities serving underserved agricultural producers and communities with completing applications for funding opportunities. This includes a current funding opportunity for risk management education and outreach projects through USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA).
RMA is contracting with Metaphase Consulting, LLC, to provide technical and writing assistance to organizations that serve underserved producers and communities with applying…
WASHINGTON, February 22, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today up to $2 million is available for cooperative agreements for risk management education and training programs that support farmers and ranchers, including underserved producers, small-scale farmers, organic operations and climate-smart farm practices.
USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) makes this funding available to…
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2023 – Farmers may now be eligible for further protection against damaging tropical storms. After hearing directly from agricultural producers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding its Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index (HIP-WI) Endorsement with a Tropical Storm Option. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) will offer this option for the 2023 crop year.
“During the past few years, many farmers have…