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Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Georgia

VALDOSTA, Ga., Aug. 17, 2015 –USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds growers of the August 31 deadline to purchase crop insurance in Georgia. This applies to crop insurance policies for onions in Appling, Bulloch, Candler, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Long, Montgomery, Screven, Tattnall, Toombs, Treutlen, and Wayne counties. Growers need to buy, review, or modify…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Florida

VALDOSTA, Ga., July 30, 2015 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Florida cabbage growers of the August 15 deadline to purchase crop insurance. This applies to policies for cabbage grown in Alachua, Flagler, Hillsborough, Manatee, Putnam, and St. Johns counties. Growers need to buy, review, or modify their crop insurance policies before the sales closing date has passed. Crop…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Georgia

VALDOSTA, Ga., July 13, 2015 ― USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds growers of the July 31 deadline to purchase crop insurance in Georgia. This applies to crop insurance policies for fresh market sweet corn in Decatur, Grady, and Mitchell counties. Growers need to buy, review, or modify their crop insurance policies before the sales closing date has passed. Crop insurance…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Florida

VALDOSTA, Ga., July 13, 2015 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds growers of the July 31 deadline to purchase crop insurance in Florida. This applies to crop insurance policies for fresh market tomatoes in Broward, Charlotte, Collier, De Soto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Polk, Sarasota, and St. Lucie counties. This also applies…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Georgia

VALDOSTA, Ga., June 17, 2015 - The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Georgia growers that the final date to purchase crop insurance for cabbage is July 1, 2015. Growers in Brooks, Colquitt, Tift, and Toombs counties need to buy, review, or modify their policies before the sales closing date has passed. Crop insurance provides protection against crop production losses due to natural…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Near for Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina Producers

VALDOSTA, Ga., May 12, 2015 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds all producers, including, fruit, vegetable and nursery producers, that they need to have their Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) and Wetland Conservation (WC) Certification form (…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina

VALDOSTA, Ga., Apr. 16, 2015 - The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds nursery growers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina of the May 1 deadline to purchase crop insurance. Nursery growers who already have coverage under the federal crop insurance program need to renew or modify their crop insurance policies before the sales closing date has passed. Growers applying for…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Florida

VALDOSTA, Ga., April 1, 2015 - The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds citrus tree and fruit growers in Florida of the April 15 deadline to purchase crop insurance. Growers need to buy, review, or modify their crop insurance policies before the sales closing date has passed. Crop insurance provides protection against crop production losses due to natural perils such as drought, hail,…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Alabama

VALDOSTA, Ga., Feb. 26, 2015 - The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds farmers of the March 15, 2015 sales closing date for fresh market tomatoes in Blount and St. Clair counties and popcorn in Madison County. The sales closing date is the last day to buy a new policy or change an existing policy’s coverage level. 

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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Georgia

VALDOSTA, Ga., Feb. 12, 2015 ― The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds farmers of the February 28 sales closing date for crop insurance in Georgia. This applies to crop insurance policies for corn, cotton, flue-cured tobacco, grain sorghum, peanuts, and soybeans. The sales closing date is the last day to buy a new policy or change an existing policy’s coverage level.…

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