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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Massachusetts

RALEIGH, N.C., April 25, 2017 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Massachusetts nursery growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2018 crop year is May 1. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the May 1 sales closing date to do so. Growers applying for the first time may purchase coverage…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Vermont

RALEIGH, N.C., February 17, 2017 – The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Vermont growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage on most spring-planted crops for the 2017 crop year is March 15, 2017. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until March 15 to do so.

Crop insurance provides protection…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Vermont

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 20, 2016 – The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Vermont apple and peach growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2017 crop year is November 20, 2016. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until November 20 to do so.

Crop insurance provides protection against…

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., Oct. 17, 2016 – 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 2017 crop year is November 15, 2016. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until November 15 to do so.…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Vermont

RALEIGH, N.C., July 1, 2016 – USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Vermont fall-seeded forage growers that the final date to apply for 2017 fall-seeded forage crop insurance is July 31, 2016. Current policy holders also have until July 31 to make changes to existing contracts.

Crop insurance provides protection against a loss in production due to natural…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Vermont

RALEIGH, N.C., April 19, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Vermont nursery growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2017 crop year is May 1. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the May 1 sales closing date to do so. Growers applying for the first time may purchase coverage at any…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Vermont

RALEIGH, N.C., March 2, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Vermont producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage on most insurable spring-planted crops is March 15. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until the March 15 sales closing date to do so.

Crop insurance provides protection against…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Vermont

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 5, 2015 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Vermont apple and peach growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance on next year’s crop is November 20. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until November 20 to do so.

Price elections for 2016 are $15.95 per bushel for fresh apples, $3.90 per bushel for…

Crop Insurance Expanded in Vermont

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 15, 2015 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) will now provide pasture, rangeland and forage (PRF) coverage in all Vermont counties for 2016. Producers have until November 15, 2015, to buy coverage under the Rainfall Index program on their 2016 crop.

The Rainfall Index is a group risk policy that covers apiculture as well as forage and livestock…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Vermont

RALEIGH, N.C., July 1, 2015 – USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Vermont fall-seeded forage growers that the final date for a new applicant to apply for 2016 fall-seeded forage crop insurance is July 31, 2015. Crop Insurance is a safety net for fall-seeded forage produced in eligible counties, providing coverage up to 75 percent of the historic average yield.

Newly…