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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 29, 2016 – USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio producers that the final date to apply for insurance coverage on spring barley, Burley tobacco, cabbage, corn, cucumbers, dry beans, forage seeding, grain sorghum, green peas, hybrid seed corn, oats, popcorn, potatoes, processing beans, processing pumpkins,…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Near for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio Producers

SPRINGFIELD, IL., May 5, 2015 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds producers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio that they need to have their Highly Erodible Conservation and Wetland Conservation Certification form (AD-1026…

New Crop Insurance Option for Popcorn

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 26, 2015 – The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced the availability of an area-based crop insurance option for popcorn. Farmers can purchase the popcorn Area Risk Protection Insurance (ARPI) plan for the 2015 crop year in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan.

ARPI is designed as a risk management tool to insure against…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 20, 2015 – The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds producers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio that the final date to purchase or modify crop insurance coverage on most insurable spring-planted crops is March 15.

Crop insurance protects producers from natural disasters which affect crop yields and revenues. Producers have a number of…

New Crop Insurance Option for Specialty Crop Growers and Diversified Farms

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Jan. 12, 2015 – USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced the release of the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection crop insurance program for the 2015 crop year. The policy allows producers to insure between 50 to 85 percent of their whole farm revenue and makes crop insurance more affordable for producers, including fruit and vegetable growers and organic farmers…