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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Georgia

VALDOSTA, Ga., Sept. 15, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Georgia barley, canola, oats, and wheat growers the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2017 crop year is September 30. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the September 30 sales closing date to do so.

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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Georgia

VALDOSTA, Ga., August 17, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Georgia onion growers the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage is August 31. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the August 31 sales closing date to do so.

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

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Georgia

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

Crop insurance provides protection against a loss in production…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Georgia

VALDOSTA, Ga., June 17, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Georgia cabbage growers the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage is July 1. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the July 1 sales closing date to do so.

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

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina

VALDOSTA, Ga., April 18, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina nursery growers the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage 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…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Georgia

VALDOSTA, Ga., Feb. 12, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Georgia 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.

Crop…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Georgia

VALDOSTA, Ga., Jan. 15, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Georgia 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 Georgia

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

Crop insurance coverage is available for apples in Fannin, Gilmer, and Rabun counties. Crop insurance coverage is available for blueberries in Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Burke, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Long,…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Georgia

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 Georgia. 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 Georgia

VALDOSTA, Ga., Sept. 16, 2015 - The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds growers of the September 30 deadline to purchase crop insurance in Georgia. This deadline applies to crop insurance policies for barley in Crisp, Jefferson, Pike, and Walton counties; canola in Bartow, Calhoun, Chattooga, Cherokee, Floyd, Franklin, Gordon, Hart, Murray, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield counties; and…