Minnesota News
TOPEKA RO - USDA to Host In-Person Listening Session in Sutherland, Iowa to Hear About Crop Insurance Coverage for Prevented Planting
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 25, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is inviting agricultural producers from Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Nebraska, to participate in a special in-person listening session to provide comments on the Prevented Planting Request for Information published in the Federal Register on…
USDA Strengthens Crop Insurance Policy for Grass Seed in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, MN, June 30, 2023 – Agricultural producers in Minnesota may now benefit from new crop insurance improvements by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to better manage risk on their operations. Specifically, USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is revising the Grass Seed Crop Provisions to allow enterprise units and optional units by type for the 2024 and…
St. Paul RO - USDA to Host In-Person Listening Session in West Fargo, North Dakota to Hear About Crop Insurance Coverage for Prevented Planting
BILLINGS, Mont., July 5, 2023 – …
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin for Spring Planted Crops, Whole-Farm Revenue Protection, and Micro Farm Program
SAINT PAUL, Minn., Feb. 15, 2023 — USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance for spring planted crops such as barley, buckwheat, cabbage, canola, cigar binder tobacco, corn, cucumbers, dry beans, dry peas, flax, forage seeding, grain sorghum, green peas, hemp, hybrid seed corn, oats,…
RMA Extends Insurance Period for Processing Sweet Corn
SAINT PAUL, Minn., Dec. 2, 2022 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending insurance coverage for processing sweet corn crop insurance by 10 days. Going forward, the end of insurance period date will be September 30 instead of September 20 in Minnesota and Wisconsin. This is a change that the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) made based on feedback from sweet…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears for Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
SAINT PAUL, Minn., Oct. 7, 2022 — USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance for perennial crops, such as apples, cranberries, grapes, and tart cherries, is November 20 for the 2023 crop year. Growers who are interested in the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection or Micro Farm policies and are late fiscal year…
St. Paul RO - USDA Makes It Easier to Grow Food Next Year
St. Paul, MN. Oct. 6, 2022 — With challenges related to the pandemic, supply chains, and the war in Ukraine, farmers are doing their part to feed the world. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making that easier by simplifying the crop insurance application process for double cropping coverage, enabling producers to insure two crops on the same land each year,…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin for Fall Planted Crops
SAINT PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1, 2022 — USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance for fall-planted crops, such as cultivated wild rice, forage production, grass seed, mint, rye, and wheat, is September 30 for the 2023 crop year. Current policyholders also have until the September 30 sales closing…
USDA’s Risk Management Agency Reminds Producers Considering Double Crop Soybeans of their Crop Insurance Options
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 6, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds agricultural producers that for the 2022 crop year there are options for insuring double crop soybeans and other crops in counties where the Following Another Crop (FAC) practice is not available. Producers intending to plant soybeans, or other crops after green peas or small grains, may have the option to request…
USDA Reminds Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa Producers with Planting Delays to ‘Stay in Touch’ with Crop Insurance Agents
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 27, 2022 – Cold, wet weather in the Midwest has delayed some agricultural producers’ plans to plant or replant. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds producers concerned about getting their crop planted or needing to replant to talk with their crop insurance agent.
“It’s been a cold, wet spring for many farmers in the Midwest and we’ve…