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USDA to Host In-Person Listening Session for Producers in the RMA Raleigh, N.C. Region to Hear About Crop Insurance Coverage for Prevented Planting 

RALEIGH, N.C., June 27, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia for Nursery Growers

Raleigh, NC, March 31, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia nursery growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2024…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in New York and Pennsylvania for Apple Tree Coverage

RALEIGH, N.C., March 15, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds New York and Pennsylvania apple growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage under RMA’s apple tree policy for the 2023 crop year is April 15. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until April 15 to do so. Apple tree coverage insures…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Vermont for Spring Planted Crops, Micro Farm, and Whole-Farm Revenue Protection

RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 15, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Vermont corn, forage seeding, fresh market sweet corn, soybean, spring barley, and spring wheat growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is March 15. Growers also have until March 15 to apply for coverage under the…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in New York for Spring Planted Crops, Micro Farm, and Whole-Farm Revenue Protection

RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 15, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds New York cabbage, corn, dry bean, forage seeding, fresh market bean, fresh market sweet corn, grain sorghum, green pea, hemp, potato, processing bean, processing sweet corn, processing tomato, soybean, spring barley and spring oat growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in New York for Onions

RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 30, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds New York onion growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is February 1. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until February 1 to do so.

Federal crop insurance is critical to the farm…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in New York for Apples, Grapes, Peaches, Pears, and Tart Cherries

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 20, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds New York apple, grape, peach, pear, and tart cherry growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is November 20. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until November 20 to do so.

Federal crop insurance is…

USDA Authorizes Emergency Procedures for Crops Damaged by Hurricane Ian

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct 14, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorizing emergency procedures to better assist agricultural producers with crop insurance in North Carolina and Virginia who were impacted by Hurricane Ian. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is enabling crop insurance companies to accept later notices of loss and streamlining the loss…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in New York and Pennsylvania for Barley, Winter Wheat, Forage Production, and Triticale

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 30, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds New York and Pennsylvania barley, winter wheat, forage production, and triticale producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is September 30, 2022. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until September 30 to…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in New York and Pennsylvania for Barley, Winter Wheat, Forage Production, and Triticale

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 30, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds New York and Pennsylvania barley, winter wheat, forage production, and triticale producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is September 30, 2022. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until September 30 to do…