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Raleigh RO - USDA Makes It Easier to Grow Food Next Year

Raleigh, NC. Oct. 11, 2022 – With challenges related to the pandemic, supply chains, and the war in Ukraine, farmers are doing their part to help stabilize prices and feed both Americans and the world. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making that easier by simplifying the crop insurance application process and expanding double cropping coverage, enabling…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Virginia for Barley, Winter Wheat, and Winter Oat

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 30, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Virginia barley, winter wheat, and winter oat 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 so.

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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Virginia for Barley, Winter Wheat, and Winter Oat

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 30, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Virginia barley, winter wheat, and winter oat 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 so.

Federal crop insurance is…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Delaware and West Virginia for Barley and Winter Wheat Producers

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 30, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Delaware and West Virginia barley and winter wheat 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 so.

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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in North Carolina and Virginia for Canola Producers

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 1, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds canola producers in North Carolina and Virginia that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is August 31, 2022. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until August 31 to do so.

Federal crop insurance is critical to the farm safety…

USDA’s Risk Management Agency Reminds Producers Considering Double Crop Soybeans of their Crop Insurance Options

RALEIGH, NC., 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 as well as grain sorghum and other crops in counties where the Following Another Crop (FAC) practice is not available. Producers intending to plant soybeans or other crops after wheat in counties where double crop…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in West Virginia for Livestock and Milk

Raleigh, N.C., May 27, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds West Virginia livestock and milk producers of the availability of Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) insurance for Cattle, Dairy Cattle, and Swine; Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) insurance for Fed Cattle, Feeder Cattle, and Swine; and Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) for milk coverage. Livestock producers…

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 Virginia for Spring Crops, Whole-Farm Revenue Protection, and Micro Farm Program

RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 15, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Virginia cabbage, corn, cotton, fresh market bean, fresh market sweet corn, fresh market tomato, grain sorghum, hemp, peanut, processing bean, processing tomato, soybean, spring oat, and tobacco growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 crop year is March 15. Growers also have…