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USDA Offers Resources, Adds Flexibilities to Disaster Assistance Programs to Help Hurricane Helene-Impacted Farmers, Forest Landowners and Communities

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2024 – In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which devastated communities, homes, farms and businesses across parts of the Southeast, the U.S. Department of…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Tennessee for Barley, Oats, and Wheat

JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 16, 2024 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Tennessee barley, oats, and wheat producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2025 crop year is September 30. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until September 30…

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

JACKSON, Miss., March 6, 2024 — 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 2024 crop year is March 15. Growers who are interested in the…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Tennessee for Rice Growers

JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 14, 2024 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Tennessee rice producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2024 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.

Beginning crop year 2024, RMA expanded…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Tennessee for Fall Planted Crops

JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 15, 2023 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Tennessee barley, oats and wheat producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2024 crop year is September 30. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until September 30 sales closing date to do so.

Federal crop…

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 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…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Tennessee for Fall Planted Crops

JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 16, 2022 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Tennessee barley, oats, and wheat producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2023 crop year is September 30. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until September 30 sales closing date to do so.

Federal crop insurance is critical…

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

JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 17, 2022 — 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 2022 crop year is March 15. Growers who are interested in the Whole-Farm…

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

JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 17, 2022 — 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 2022 crop year is March 15. Growers who are interested in the…