Crop
Insurance Deadline Nears for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio
Producers Need to Make Insurance Decisions
Soon
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[March 09, 2017]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 21, 2017 – USDA’s Risk Management
Agency (RMA) reminds Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio producers
that the final date to apply for insurance coverage on spring
barley, burley tobacco, cabbage, corn, cucumbers, dry beans, forage
seeding, grain sorghum, green peas, hybrid seed corn, oats, popcorn,
potatoes, processing beans, processing pumpkins, processing sweet
corn, processing tomatoes, soybeans, and sugar beets is March 15.
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Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing
policies also have until the sales closing date to do so.
Crop insurance provides protection against decreases in revenue
and crop production losses due to natural perils such as drought
and excessive moisture. Producers have a number of coverage
choices, including yield coverage, revenue protection, and area
risk policies.
Farmers interested in purchasing the Whole Farm Revenue
Protection for 2017 also need to do so by March 15. More
information about this product can be found on the RMA Whole-
Farm web page.
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Brian Frieden, RMA Springfield Regional Office Director, urges
producers to contact a crop insurance agent for details. Agents can
help producers determine what policy works best for their operation
and review existing coverage to ensure the policy meets their needs.
Crop insurance is sold and delivered solely through private crop
insurance agents. A list of crop insurance agents is available at
all USDA Service Centers and online at the RMA Agent Locator.
Producers can use the RMA Cost Estimator to get a premium amount
estimate of their insurance needs online. Learn more about crop
insurance and the modern farm safety net at
www.rma.usda.gov.
[Niccole Anselm, RMA] |