USDA Improves Crop Insurance Coverage for Tobacco
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., 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…
RMA Extends Insurance Period for Processing Sweet Corn
Springfield, Ill., 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 Illinois. This is a change that the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) made based on feedback from sweet…
RMA Adds Flexibility for Sugar Beet Crop Insurance
Springfield, Ill. 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 …
Michigan - USDA Makes It Easier to Grow Food Next Year
Springfield, Ill. Oct. 6, 2022 — With challenges related to the pandemic, supply chains, and the war in Ukraine, farmers are doing their part to help stabilize prices and feed both Americans and the world. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making that easier by simplifying the crop insurance application process and expanding double cropping…
Indiana - USDA Makes It Easier to Grow Food Next Year
Springfield, Ill. Oct. 6, 2022 — With challenges related to the pandemic, supply chains, and the war in Ukraine, farmers are doing their part to help stabilize prices and feed both Americans and the world. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making that easier by simplifying the crop insurance application…
Ohio - USDA Makes It Easier to Grow Food Next Year
Springfield, Ill. Oct. 6, 2022 –- With challenges related to the pandemic, supply chains, and the war in Ukraine, farmers are doing their part to help stabilize prices and feed both Americans and the world. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making that easier by simplifying the crop insurance application process and expanding…
Illinois - USDA Makes It Easier to Grow Food Next Year
Springfield, Ill. Oct. 6, 2022 — With challenges related to the pandemic, supply chains, and the war in Ukraine, farmers are doing their part to help stabilize prices and feed both Americans and the world. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making that easier by simplifying the crop insurance application process and expanding double…
RMA Revises Crop Insurance for Cherries and Broadens Access
Springfield, Ill., 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…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Ohio for Wheat Producers
Springfield, Ill., Aug. 26, 2022 – The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Ohio wheat growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage or for current policyholders to make changes to their existing policy for the 2023 crop year is the sales closing date of September 30.
Federal crop insurance is critical to the farm safety net. It helps producers and…
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Illinois for Wheat Producers
Springfield, Ill., Aug. 26, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Illinois wheat growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage or for current policyholders to make changes to their existing policy for the 2023 crop year is the sales closing date of September 30.
Federal crop insurance is critical to the farm safety net. It helps producers…