RMA Adds Flexibility for Sugar Beet Crop Insurance
Billings, Mont. Dec. 1, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) is adding flexibility to the Sugar Beet Crop Provisions with new options for the 2023 and succeeding crop years. These new options are effective in most states as of November 28, 2022 and published in the …
USDA Makes It Easier to Grow Food Next Year
Billings, Mont., Oct. 6, 2022 – With challenges related to the pandemic, supply chains, and the war in Ukraine, farmers are doing their part to feed the world. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making that easier by simplifying the crop insurance application process and expanding double cropping coverage, enabling producers to insure two crops on…
RMA Revises Crop Insurance for Cherries and Broadens Access
BILLINGS, Mont., Sept. 1, 2022 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is revising crop insurance programs for cherries for the 2023 and succeeding crop years. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is making changes to the Actual Revenue History (ARH) Pilot Endorsement, ARH Sweet Cherry Pilot Crop Provisions, and ARH Tart Cherry for Processing Pilot Crop Provisions.…
USDA’s Risk Management Agency Reminds Producers Considering Double Crop Soybeans of their Crop Insurance Options
BILLINGS, Mont., June 6, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds agricultural producers that for the 2022 crop year there are options for insuring double crop soybeans and other crops in counties where the Following Another Crop (FAC) practice is not available. Producers intending to plant soybeans or other crops after wheat in counties where double crop insurance…
USDA Reminds North Dakota and South Dakota Producers with Planting Delays to ‘Stay in Touch’ with Crop Insurance Agents
BILLINGS, Mont., May 27, 2022 – Cold, wet weather in the Northern Plains is delaying many agricultural producers’ plans to plant or replant. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds producers to speak early and often with their crop insurance agents.
“It’s been a cold, wet spring for many North Dakota and South Dakota farmers, and we’ve heard about challenges…
USDA Reminds Producers Considering Broadcast Seeding of Crop Insurance Options
BILLINGS, Mont., May 23, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds agricultural producers of the option to request an Unrated Practice or Type (TP) written agreement through their insurance company to insure broadcast seeded crops when the policy prohibits the practice or is unavailable for the crop in the county. The broadcast practice may be suitable when…
Dry Bean Revenue Insurance Now Available in Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming for certain types for the 2022 and Succeeding Crop Years
BILLINGS, Mont., Jan. 27, 2022 — USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced expanded availability of revenue coverage for Pinto Type dry bean producers in Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming for the 2022 and succeeding crop years.
Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming dry bean producers will have new crop insurance options for the 2022 crop year: Yield Protection Plan, Revenue Protection…
RMA Now Allows Enterprise and Optional Units by Type for Sunflower Seeds
BILLINGS, Mont., Dec. 1, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is updating sunflower seed crop insurance to include enterprise and optional units by type. This change will allow producers to receive indemnities by the type of seed.
“We’re constantly reviewing our policies to ensure they work for producers,” RMA Administrator Marcia Bunger said. “…
RMA Updates Camelina Crop Insurance Pilot
BILLINGS, Mont., Nov. 23, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is updating the camelina pilot crop insurance policy for the 2022 crop year. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is modifying the weighted average contract price calculation, which will ensure the producer’s choice of coverage level does not impact their contract price.
“At RMA, we’re responsive to…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming
BILLINGS, Mont., Sept. 17, 2021 — USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds producers of fall-planted crops in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 crop year before the September 30 sales closing date. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the September 30 sales closing date to…