Maine News
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Maine
RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 20, 2016 – The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Maine apple and blueberry 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…
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 Maine
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 1, 2016 – The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Maine forage production producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2017 crop year is September 30, 2016. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until September 30 to do so.
Crop insurance provides protection against crop…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Maine
RALEIGH, N.C., April 19, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Maine 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 Maine
RALEIGH, N.C., March 2, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Maine 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 Maine
RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 5, 2015 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Maine apple and blueberry 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, $3.15 per bushel for…
Crop Insurance Expanded in Maine
RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 15, 2015 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) will now provide pasture, rangeland and forage (PRF) coverage in all Maine 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 producers’ forage…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Maine
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 16, 2015 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Maine producers that the final date to purchase crop insurance for their 2016 forage protection is September 30, 2015. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until September 30 to do so. Forage production insurance is available in Aroostook and Penobscot…
Important Crop Insurance Deadline Near for Maine Producers
RALEIGH, N.C., May 13, 2015 —The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds all Maine producers that they need to have their Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) and Wetland Conservation (WC) Certification form (AD-1026) on file with their local…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Maine
RALEIGH, N.C., April 1, 2015 – USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Maine nursery producers that the final date for a new applicant to apply for 2016 nursery crop insurance is May 1, 2015.
New applications may be filed anytime. However, all applications including those for new or amended coverage are subject to a thirty day waiting period before commencement of…