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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont for Forage Seeding

RALEIGH, N.C., July 1, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds forage seeding producers in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is July 31. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until July 31 to do so.

Federal crop…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia for Livestock and Milk

Raleigh, N.C., May 27, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia livestock and milk producers of the availability of Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) insurance for Dairy Cattle and Swine; Livestock Risk Protection (…

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

Raleigh, N.C., April 1, 2022 — The USDA’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 2023 crop year is May 1. Current policyholders who wish to make…

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

RALEIGH, N.C., March 15, 2022 — 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 2022 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 the…

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

RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 15, 2022 — 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 the…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in New York for Onion Growers

RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 30, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds New York onion growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 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 safety net. It helps…

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

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 1, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds beekeepers and pasture, rangeland, and forage producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage under the Rainfall Index program for the 2022 crop year is December 1, 2021. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until December 1 to do so.…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in New York

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 20, 2021 — 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 2022 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 Offers Disaster Assistance to Farmers and Livestock Producers in New York Impacted by Hurricane Ida

SYRACUSE, N.Y., Sept. 30, 2021 — New York agricultural operations have been significantly impacted by Hurricane Ida and related weather events. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers recover. Impacted producers should contact their local USDA Service Center to report losses…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in New York

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 30, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has expanded crop insurance coverage to New York triticale producers for the 2022 crop year. Triticale is a cross between wheat and rye and can be covered through this insurance plan. The final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 crop year is September 30, 2021.

The triticale plan…