Crop Insurance For Cherries Expanded To New Counties
Officials with the Risk Management Agency (RMA), the governing body that runs the federal crop insurance program, announced the expansion of the crop insurance pilot program in California to several additional counties. The program has been in place for a few years in California but was limited to nine counties in the state while the RMA studied the program. Those counties included Contra Costa, Fresno, …
Crop Insurance Deadlines Approaching
While growers are winding down their harvests, we want to remind them that the Sales Closing Date for their 2013 fall crops is just a few short weeks away. This is a critical time of year, as applications for crop insurance must be completed and submitted to the crop insurance provider by the Sales Closing Date in order to buy …
2011 Southwest Case Study: How Crop Insurance Mitigates the Damage of Catastrophic Texas Drought
This video contains an overview of the catastrophic Texas drought in 2011 highlighting the extent of the damage throughout the state and the vital role crop insurance played in mitigating that damage.
NCIS Unveils First in Series of Videos On Nuts and Bolts of Crop Insurance
(OVERLAND PARK, Kan.) — National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) today released a new educational video on crop insurance – what it is, how it works and why it has become the risk management tool of choice for America’s farmers. The video, titled “Crop Insurance 101,” is the first in a series that will be released over the next few months. …