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USDA Announces Improvements to Camelina Pilot Insurance Program
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced improvements to the camelina pilot crop insurance program for the 2025 and succeeding crop years. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding coverage options by allowing enterprise units and increasing maximum coverage levels. In addition, RMA is aligning planting dates with winter wheat for…
USDA Expands Crop Insurance Programs for Dry Beans and Dry Peas in Five States
TOPEKA, KANS., November 17, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made several updates and expansions to its crop insurance program for dry beans and dry peas that will begin with crop year 2024 in select counties of five states. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding insurance options for dry bean and dry pea producers in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming,…
TOPEKA RO - USDA’s Insurance Option Offers First of Its Kind Risk Management Tool for Cow-Calf Producers
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2023 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing Weaned Calf Risk Protection, a new insurance option for livestock producers in several states. This policy, offered by USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), offers…
USDA Reminds Corn and Soybean Farmers of Purchase Deadline for Expanded Margin Protection
TOPEKA, Kans., September 8, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reminding producers interested in its expanded Margin Protection insurance plan that to be eligible for the 2024 crop year, they will need to purchase their coverage by September 30, 2023.…
TOPEKA RO - USDA to Host In-Person Listening Session in Sutherland, Iowa to Hear About Crop Insurance Coverage for Prevented Planting
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 25, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is inviting agricultural producers from Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Nebraska, to participate in a special in-person listening session to provide comments on the Prevented Planting Request for Information published in the Federal Register on…
USDA to Host In-Person Listening Session for Producers in the RMA Topeka, Kansas Region to Hear About Crop Insurance Coverage for Prevented Planting
TOPEKA, Kan., July 19, 2023 – …
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears for Producers interested in Insuring Double Crop Grain Sorghum and Soybeans
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 9, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds producers in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska that for the 2023 crop year there may be options for insuring double crop grain sorghum as well as double crop soybeans in counties where the Following Another Crop (FAC) practice is not available. Producers intending to plant soybeans or other crops after…
RMA Adds Flexibility for Sugar Beet Crop Insurance
Topeka, Kan. Dec. 1, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) is adding flexibility to the Sugar Beet Crop Provisions with new options for the 2023 and succeeding crop years. These new options are effective in most states as of November 28, 2022 and published in the …
USDA Expands High-Risk Alternate Coverage Crop Insurance to Cotton as a Permanent Endorsement
TOPEKA, Kans., Nov. 29, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that it will expand crop insurance coverage for the High-Risk Alternate Coverage Endorsement (HR-ACE) to cotton beginning with the 2023 crop year. In addition, USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has designated the HR-ACE as a permanent endorsement.
“By offering HR-ACE…
USDA Makes It Easier to Grow Food Next Year
Topeka, Kans. Oct. 6, 2022 – With challenges related to the pandemic, supply chains, and the war in Ukraine, farmers are doing their part to feed 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 producers to insure two crops on the same land…