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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in West Virginia 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 West Virginia corn, potato, 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 until March 15 to apply for coverage under the Whole…

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…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Virginia for Potato Growers

RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 30, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds potato growers in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Virginia that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 crop year is January 31. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until January 31 to do so.

Federal crop…

RMA Enhances Crop Insurance for Fresh Market Beans

Raleigh, N.C., Nov. 24, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is enhancing crop insurance for fresh market beans by converting the Fresh Market Beans Pilot program to permanent and providing consistency in policies by adjusting overplanting coverage for crop year 2022.

The Fresh Market Bean policy is an Actual Production History product that is available in 15…

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.

The…

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 Virginia

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 29, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Virginia clam producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 crop year is November 30. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until November 30 to do so.

Crop insurance provides coverage for death of clams due to…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in West Virginia

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 20, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds West Virginia apple and peach 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 critical to the farm safety net. It…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Virginia

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 20, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Virginia apple, grape, and peach 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 critical to the farm…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Virginia

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 30, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Virginia small grains producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 crop year is September 30, 2021. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until September 30 to do so.

Federal crop insurance is critical to the farm…