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The USDA is bringing back a program aimed at supporting risk management education and training through universities and non-profit organizations. RMA Acting Administrator, Richard Flournoy, said for this year, "we're going to have about one million dollars worth of funds going to nine different projects ...

Earlier this week, RMA authorized Approved Insurance Providers to extend deadlines for producers. The extension includes premium and administrative fee payments, deferring and waiving the resulting interest accrual and other flexibilities to help farmers and ranchers through widespread drought ...

According to the USDA, new emergency procedures in crop insurance flexibility will help producers in parts of the nation impacted by severe drought. Acting RMA Administrator, Richard Flournoy, said the emergency procedures authorize insurance companies to expedite the claims process: such as streamlining paperwork, and taking in considerations regarding the producer ...

On Tuesday, the Department of Agriculture authorized emergency procedures to help farmers impacted by extreme drought conditions. USDA's Risk Management Agency is working with crop insurance companies to streamline and accelerate the adjustment of losses and issuance of indemnity payments to crop insurance policyholders in impacted areas ...

The Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that farmers with crop insurance can now hay, graze or chop cover crops for silage, haylage or baleage at any time and still receive 100% of the prevented planting payment. Previously, cover crops could only be hayed, grazed or chopped after November 1, otherwise the prevented planting payment was reduced by 65% ...

Agricultural producers who have coverage under most crop insurance policies are eligible for a premium benefit from the USDA if they planted cover crops during this crop year. The Pandemic Cover Crop Program, offered by USDA’s Risk Management Agency, helps farmers maintain their cover crop systems despite the financial challenges caused by COVID-19. ...

Last year, was a challenging on for agriculture, regardless of commodity, and many of those challenges continue into 2021. Despite the many struggles. "America's farmers and ranchers never stopped their essential work of feeling America ...

Growers have several questions related to crop insurance and how it fits in to the aspects of addressing issues of climate and climate-smart agriculture. "Crop insurance loss experience over time," noted USDA Risk Management Chief Actuary, Thomas Worth ...

USDA’s Risk Management Agency is extending crop insurance flexibilities for producers during COVID-19. Specifically, the relief provided for electronic notifications and signatures that are extended through July 15th. Organic certification, replant certification, and assignment of indemnity is extended through June 30th. ...

A task force led by the Risk Management Agency convened this spring to discuss and recommend improvements to prevented plating crop insurance. RMA Administrator Marin Barbre, said the results are improvements that recently took effect and are available for the 2021 crop year ...