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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Florida

VALDOSTA, Ga., Feb. 12, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Florida corn, cotton, flue-cured tobacco, grain sorghum, peanut, and soybean farmers the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage is February 28. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the February 28 sales closing date to do so.

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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Florida

VALDOSTA, Ga., Jan. 28, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Florida rice growers the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage is February 15. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the February 15 sales closing date to do so.

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

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Florida

VALDOSTA, Ga., Jan. 15, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Florida fresh market tomato and pecan growers the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage is January 31. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the January 31 sales closing date to do so.

Crop insurance provides protection against a loss in…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Florida

VALDOSTA, GA., Dec. 17, 2015 - The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds growers of the December 31 deadline to purchase crop insurance in Florida. This applies to crop insurance policies for potatoes in Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, and Suwannee counties. Growers need to buy, review, or modify their crop insurance policies before the sales closing date has passed. Crop…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Florida

VALDOSTA, Ga., Nov. 16, 2015 - The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds growers of the November 30 deadline to purchase crop insurance in Florida.

Crop insurance coverage is available for avocado fruit in Miami-Dade County. Growers need to buy, review, or modify their crop insurance policies before the sales closing date has passed. Crop insurance provides…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Florida

VALDOSTA, Ga., Nov. 5, 2015 - The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds growers of the November 20 deadline to purchase crop insurance in Florida.

Crop insurance coverage is available for blueberries in Alachua, Citrus, De Soto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Marion, Pasco, Polk, Putnam, and Sumter counties. Growers need to buy, review, or modify…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Florida

VALDOSTA, Ga., Nov. 3, 2015 – USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds forage, livestock, and honey producers of the November 15 deadline to purchase crop insurance in Florida. Acreage intended for grazing and haying is insurable under the Pasture, Rangeland and Forage (PRF) program. Colonies of bees are insurable under the Apiculture program. For 2016, the PRF and Apiculture…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Florida

VALDOSTA, Ga., Sept. 16, 2015 - The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds growers of the September 30 deadline to purchase crop insurance in Florida. This deadline applies to crop insurance policies for potatoes in Charlotte, Collier, Flagler, Highlands, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Okeechobee, Putnam, St. Johns, and Suwannee counties; sugarcane in Glades, Hendry, Martin, and Palm Beach…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Florida

VALDOSTA, Ga., July 30, 2015 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Florida cabbage growers of the August 15 deadline to purchase crop insurance. This applies to policies for cabbage grown in Alachua, Flagler, Hillsborough, Manatee, Putnam, and St. Johns counties. Growers need to buy, review, or modify their crop insurance policies before the sales closing date has passed. Crop…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Florida

VALDOSTA, Ga., July 13, 2015 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds growers of the July 31 deadline to purchase crop insurance in Florida. This applies to crop insurance policies for fresh market tomatoes in Broward, Charlotte, Collier, De Soto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Polk, Sarasota, and St. Lucie counties. This also applies…