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Crop Insurance Report
2024 Crop Insurance Grass Seed Provision Changes
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) revised the Grass Seed Crop Provisions for the 2024 and succeeding crop years to include:…
Basics of Crop Insurance: The Process in Four Easy Steps
In 2021, U.S. farmers invested more than $5 billion in crop insurance policies, protecting more than 130 different crops and…
Important Sales Closing Date Reminders
As we begin working towards a couple of our largest sales closing dates in the upcoming months, 2/28 and 3/15,…
Supplemental Coverage Option for Federal Crop Insurance
The Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) is a crop insurance option that provides additional coverage for a portion of an insured’s…
Hemp Actual Production History (APH) Changes
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved changes to the Hemp APH crop insurance program, under section 508(h)…
Stacked Income Protection Plan of Insurance (STAX) Changes
The RMA is making the following modification to the STAX program for upland cotton for the 2022 and succeeding crop…
Camelina Crop Provision Changes
The following changes are applicable to Camelina crop insurance provisions for the 2022 and succeeding crop years per Product Management…
Flued Cured Tobacco Crop Insurance Changes
Per Product Management Bulletin PM-21-064, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is implementing improvements to the flue…
Fresh Market Bean Crop Provision Changes
The following changes are applicable for the Fresh Market Bean Crop Provisions for 2022 and succeeding crop years per Product…
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage and Apiculture Changes and Reminders
Agricultural producers now will have until December 1 to make coverage decisions and complete reporting activities for the Pasture, Rangeland,…
The Micro Farm Policy for Producers With Small Farms Who Sell Locally
In a News Release published on October 6, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced they are rolling out a…