Crop insurance and prevented planting
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[May 15, 2013]
SPRINGFIELD -- Heavy rainfall,
floods and cool temperatures across the Midwest have slowed planting
this spring. For crop insurance, the final planting date for corn in
most of Illinois is June 5. For the southernmost counties of
Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and Union, it is
May 31. The final planting date for soybeans in the upper third of
Illinois is June 15. For the lower two-thirds of Illinois it is June
20.
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Here are some basic guidelines if you
are unable to plant because of an insurable cause of loss by the
final planting date. You may:
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Plant during the
25-day late planting period. There is a 1 percent reduction per
day of your yield guarantee.
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Not plant a crop
and receive a prevented planting payment.
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After the late planting period ends,
plant the acreage to another crop and receive a reduced
prevented planting payment.
The most important thing you can do if you are unable to plant
the crop by the final planting date is contact your crop insurance
agent to review your policy and options before you make a decision.
To qualify for a prevented planting payment, the affected acreage
must be at least 20 acres or 20 percent of your crop acreage in the
insured unit. Prevented planting is not available on group insurance
policies (group risk protection and group risk income protection).
Replant payments may also be available for
land that was planted that does not have an adequate stand. Contact
your insurance agent if you believe acreage should be replanted.
Your insurance company must give you written permission to replant,
abandon or destroy the crop.
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Crop insurance is sold and delivered solely through private crop
insurance agents. Contact a local crop insurance agent for more
information about the program. A list of crop insurance agents is
available at all USDA Service Centers and on the Risk Management
Agency website at
www.rma.usda.gov/tools/agents/.
[Text from file received from
USDA Risk Management
Agency, Springfield]
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