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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania cabbage, corn, forage seeding, fresh market sweet corn, fresh market tomato, grain sorghum, green pea, hemp, potato, processing bean, processing sweet corn, processing tomato, soybean, spring barley, spring oat, and tobacco growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance…

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 Pennsylvania for Apples, Grapes, Peaches, and Pears

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 20, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Pennsylvania apple, grape, peach, and pear 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.

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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…

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.

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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…