Louisiana News
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Louisiana for Spring Planted Crops and Whole-Farm Revenue Protection
JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 14, 2024 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Louisiana corn, cotton, grain sorghum, hybrid seed rice, peanuts, rice, soybeans, and sweet potato producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2024 crop year is February 28. Growers who are interested in the…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Louisiana for Fall Planted Crops
JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 15, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Louisiana oats, sugarcane and wheat producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2024 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 Louisiana for Spring Planted Crops, Whole-Farm Revenue Protection, and Micro Farm Program
JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 31, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Louisiana corn, cotton, grain sorghum, hybrid seed rice, peanuts, rice, soybeans, and sweet potato producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is February 28. Growers who are interested in the…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Louisiana for Fall Planted Crops
JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 16, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Louisiana oats, sugarcane, and wheat producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 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.
Federal crop insurance is…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Louisiana for Spring Planted Crops and Whole-Farm Revenue Protection
JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 31, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Louisiana corn, cotton, grain sorghum, hybrid seed rice, peanuts, rice, soybeans, and sweet potato producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 crop year is February 28. Growers who are interested in the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) policy and are calendar year or early…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Louisiana for Spring Planted Crops and Whole-Farm Revenue Protection
JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 31, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Louisiana corn, cotton, grain sorghum, hybrid seed rice, peanuts, rice, soybeans, and sweet potato producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 crop year is February 28. Growers who are interested in the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) policy and are calendar…
USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Farmers and Livestock Producers in Louisiana Impacted by Hurricane Ida
ALEXANDRIA, La., Sept. 30, 2021 — Louisiana agricultural operations have been significantly impacted by Hurricane Ida and related weather events. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers recover. Additionally, agricultural producers in certain Louisiana parishes will have an…
Sales Closing Date Nears for Louisiana Crop Insurance Programs
JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 17, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Louisiana producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage on oats, sugarcane and wheat is September 30. Current policyholders and uninsured growers who wish to buy a policy for the 2022 crop year must make all decisions on crop insurance coverage by the sales closing date for that crop.…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Louisiana
JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 16, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Louisiana producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage on Whole-Farm Revenue Protection, corn, cotton, grain sorghum, hybrid seed rice, peanuts, rice, soybeans, and sweet potatoes is February 28 for the 2021 crop year. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Louisiana
JACKSON, Miss., September 17, 2020 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Louisiana producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage on oats, sugarcane and wheat, is September 30 for the 2021 crop year. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the September 30 sales closing date to do so.
Federal crop insurance…