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USDA Offers New Crop Insurance Program for Producers Using Controlled Environments

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2023 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing a new crop insurance program designed for agricultural producers who use controlled environments in…

USDA Reminds Corn and Soybean Farmers of Purchase Deadline for Expanded Margin Protection

ST. PAUL, Minn., September 8, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reminding producers interested in its expanded Margin Protection insurance plan that to be eligible for the 2024 crop year, they will need to purchase their coverage by September 30, 2023…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin for Fall Planted Crops

SAINT PAUL, Minn., Sept. 5, 2023 — USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance for fall-planted crops, such as cultivated wild rice, forage production, grass seed, mint, rye, and wheat, is September 30 for the 2024 crop year. Current policyholders also have until the September 30 sales closing date to make…

ST. PAUL RO - USDA to Host In-Person Listening Session in Sutherland, Iowa to Hear About Crop Insurance Coverage for Prevented Planting

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 25, 2023The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is inviting agricultural producers from Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Nebraska, to participate in a special in-person listening session to provide comments on the Prevented Planting Request for Information published in the Federal Register on…

TOPEKA RO - USDA to Host In-Person Listening Session in Sutherland, Iowa to Hear About Crop Insurance Coverage for Prevented Planting

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 25, 2023The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is inviting agricultural producers from Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Nebraska, to participate in a special in-person listening session to provide comments on the Prevented Planting Request for Information published in the Federal Register on…

USDA Strengthens Crop Insurance Policy for Grass Seed in Minnesota

ST. PAUL, MN, June 30, 2023 – Agricultural producers in Minnesota may now benefit from new crop insurance improvements by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to better manage risk on their operations. Specifically, USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is revising the Grass Seed Crop Provisions to allow enterprise units and optional units by type for the 2024 and…

St. Paul RO - USDA to Host In-Person Listening Session in West Fargo, North Dakota to Hear About Crop Insurance Coverage for Prevented Planting

BILLINGS, Mont., July 5, 2023

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin for Spring Planted Crops, Whole-Farm Revenue Protection, and Micro Farm Program

SAINT PAUL, Minn., Feb. 15, 2023 — USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance for spring planted crops such as barley, buckwheat, cabbage, canola, cigar binder tobacco, corn, cucumbers, dry beans, dry peas, flax, forage seeding, grain sorghum, green peas, hemp, hybrid seed corn, oats,…

RMA Extends Insurance Period for Processing Sweet Corn

SAINT PAUL, Minn., Dec. 2, 2022 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending insurance coverage for processing sweet corn crop insurance by 10 days. Going forward, the end of insurance period date will be September 30 instead of September 20 in Minnesota and Wisconsin. This is a change that the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) made based on feedback from sweet…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears for Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

SAINT PAUL, Minn., Oct. 7, 2022 — USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance for perennial crops, such as apples, cranberries, grapes, and tart cherries, is November 20 for the 2023 crop year. Growers who are interested in the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection or Micro Farm policies and are late fiscal year…