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Raleigh RO: Deadline to Purchase Shellfish Insurance Program is November 30

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 18, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reminding producers of the November 30, 2024, deadline to purchase shellfish insurance for the 2025 crop year. The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) shellfish insurance program insures producers…

Raleigh RO: Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Several States for Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF), and Apiculture Coverage

Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 31, 2024 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia pasture, rangeland, forage, and honeybee producers of the availability of Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) insurance, and…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia for Controlled Environment Coverage

Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 31, 2024 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia plant producers of the availability of Controlled Environment (CE) coverage that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2025 crop year is December 1. Current policyholders…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Maryland for Apples, Grapes, and Peaches

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 18, 2024 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Maryland apple, grape, and peach growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2025 crop year is November 20. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until November 20 to do so.

Federal crop insurance is critical to the…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Maryland and New Jersey Barley, Winter Wheat, and Forage Production

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 30, 2024 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Maryland and New Jersey barley, winter wheat, and forage production producers that the final date apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2025 crop year is September 30. This is also the final date to apply for margin protection coverage for corn and soybeans. Current policyholders who wish to…

USDA Expands Shellfish Insurance Program

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding the Shellfish insurance program beginning with the 2025 crop year. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding coverage to an additional 27…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont for Forage Seeding

RALEIGH, N.C., July 10, 2024 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds forage seeding producers in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2025 crop year is July 31. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until July 31 to do so.

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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 for Livestock and Milk

Raleigh, N.C., May 30, 2024 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia livestock and milk producers of the availability of Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) insurance for Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, and…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Maryland for Spring Planted Crops and Whole-Farm Revenue Protection

RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 15, 2024 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Maryland corn, cucumber, forage seeding, fresh market sweet corn, fresh market tomato, grain sorghum, green pea, processing bean, processing sweet corn, processing tomato, soybean, spring oat, and tobacco growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2024 crop year is…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey for Green Pea

RALEIGH, N.C., Jan 12, 2024 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey green pea growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2024 crop year is February 15. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until February 15 to do so.

Federal crop insurance is critical…