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

JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 3, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Kentucky corn, grain sorghum, hemp, popcorn, soybeans, and tobacco producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is March 15. Growers who are interested in the Whole-Farm Revenue…

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

JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 3, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Tennessee corn, cotton, fresh market tomatoes, grain sorghum, hemp, soybeans, and tobacco producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is March 15. Growers who are interested in the…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Arkansas for Fresh Market Tomato Growers

JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 3, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Arkansas fresh market tomato growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is March 15. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the March 15 sales closing date to do so.

Federal crop insurance is…

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

JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 31, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Mississippi corn, cotton, grain sorghum, peanuts, rice and soybean producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 crop year is February 28. Growers who are interested in the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) policy and are calendar year or early fiscal year filers, have until…

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

JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 31, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Louisiana corn, cotton, grain sorghum, hybrid seed rice, peanuts, rice, soybeans, and sweet potato producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is February 28. Growers who are interested in the…

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

JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 31, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Arkansas corn, cotton, grain sorghum, hemp, hybrid seed rice, peanuts, rice, and soybean producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is February 28. Growers who are interested in the…

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

JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 31, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Mississippi corn, cotton, grain sorghum, peanuts, rice, and soybean producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is February 28. Growers who are interested in the Whole-Farm…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Tennessee for Rice Growers

JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 31, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Tennessee rice producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is February 28. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until February 28 sales closing date to do so.

Federal crop insurance is critical to the…

USDA Improves Crop Insurance Coverage for Tobacco

JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 5, 2022 — U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced today that beginning with the 2023 crop year, it is expanding contract provisions for price and quality for more types of insurable tobacco to its crop insurance coverage.

“After listening to our stakeholders, tobacco farmers and other partners, we know…

USDA Expands High-Risk Alternate Coverage Crop Insurance to Cotton as a Permanent Endorsement

JACKSON, Miss, Nov. 29, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that it will expand crop insurance coverage for the High-Risk Alternate Coverage Endorsement (HR-ACE) to cotton beginning with the 2023 crop year. In addition, USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has designated the HR-ACE as a permanent endorsement.

“By offering HR-ACE…

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