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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C., July 30, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds North Carolina canola producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 crop year is August 31, 2021. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until August 31 to do so.

Federal crop insurance is critical to the farm safety…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C., July 1, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds North Carolina clary sage producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 crop year is July 31. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until July 31 to do so.

Federal crop insurance is critical to the farm safety net. It…

USDA’s Risk Management Agency Amends Potato Crop Insurance Options

RALEIGH, N.C., May 4, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that its Risk Management Agency (RMA) is modifying four Northern Potato Crop Insurance Policy optional endorsements. The options are available to producers who choose to purchase additional coverage on top of their multi-peril crop insurance policy. The changes specify that the premium only…

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., April 1, 2021 — 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 nursery growers that the date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 crop year is May 1. Current policyholders who wish…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 12, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds North Carolina burley tobacco, cucumbers, fresh market beans, fresh market tomatoes, and processing beans growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2021 crop year is March 15. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until the…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 28, 2021 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds North Carolina cabbage, corn, cotton, flue-cured tobacco, grain sorghum, hemp, peanut, and soybean growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2021 crop year is February 28. Growers who want to purchase a…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Virginia

RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 28, 2020 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds potato growers in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Virginia that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2021 crop year is January 31. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until January 31 to do so.

Federal crop insurance is…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 19, 2020 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds North Carolina apple, blueberry, grape, and peach growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2021 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 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. 15, 2020 — 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 2021 crop year is November 15, 2020. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until November 15 to do so.

The…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 28, 2020 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds North Carolina small grains producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2021 crop year is September 30, 2020. 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…