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Brown, Barnes and Cass Counties Lead the Region in Crop Insurance Indemnities

Published September 28, 2020

As of mid-September, the Risk Management Agency paid out more indemnities in eastern North Dakota and northeastern South Dakota than any other part of the country. South Dakota’s Brown County received more than $56.5 million in crop insurance payments so…

USDA Updates Prevented Planting Coverage

Published August 19, 2020

The USDA’s Risk Management Agency will be updating prevented planting coverage for most spring crops starting in 2021 and for all crops in 2022. These updates follow a big year for prevented plant across the country. A few of the…

Prevent Plant Acre Increase Prompts Haying/Grazing Adjustment

Published August 18, 2020

The USDA's Risk Management Agency is allowing earlier haying and grazing of cover crops on prevent plant acres for portions of the Dakotas. A backlog in livestock due to the COVID-19 pandemic and large amounts of prevent plant acres in…

Select ND and SD Counties Can Hay/Graze Cover Crops Early

Published August 17, 2020

USDA's Risk Management Agency is opening up haying and grazing of cover crops on prevent plant acres to September 1 for 42 counties in the Dakotas. This response follows letters sent from North Dakota farm groups, noting the backlog in…

Risk Management Agency Defers Interest Accrual Due Date

Published August 5, 2020

The USDA Risk Management Agency is allowing crop insurance providers to extend deadlines for premium and administration fee payments. This allows the providers to defer interest accrual for these payments. In a statement, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said he hopes…

RMA Announces Quality Loss Option

Published July 7, 2020

The Risk Management Agency has announced changes to the crop insurance program, including a new Quality Loss Option. With this option, farmers can pre-quality production amounts for their annual production histories. That increases the actual yield for individual crop years.…

Malting Barley Endorsement Changes Approved

Published June 26, 2020

USDA’s Risk Management Agency and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation have approved changes to the malting barley endorsement. Starting in 2021, quality adjustments will be determined using local market prices. The North Dakota Grain Growers Association and North Dakota Barley…

USDA Adjustments for Dumped Milk

Published April 13, 2020

The Risk Management Agency will not penalize dairy farmers if their milk is dumped due to recent market disruptions. The milk will count as actual marketings for the Dairy Revenue Production program or the Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy program.…

Risk Management Agency Allows Flexibility for Crop Insurance

Published April 6, 2020

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the USDA Risk Management Agency will be allowing self-certification on replant inspections and they will waive witness signatures in certain situations. Insurance providers may allow the use of self-certification replant inspections for certain crops with…

Crop Insurance Deadline Coming Up

Published March 6, 2020

There's a crop insurance deadline coming up. The USDA Risk Management Agency says the final date to purchase or make changes to crop insurance on spring planted crops is March 15. Farmers also need to notify their agent if they’ve…

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Brown, Barnes and Cass Counties Lead the Region in Crop Insurance Indemnities

USDA Updates Prevented Planting Coverage

Prevent Plant Acre Increase Prompts Haying/Grazing Adjustment

Select ND and SD Counties Can Hay/Graze Cover Crops Early

Risk Management Agency Defers Interest Accrual Due Date

RMA Announces Quality Loss Option

Malting Barley Endorsement Changes Approved

USDA Adjustments for Dumped Milk

Risk Management Agency Allows Flexibility for Crop Insurance

Crop Insurance Deadline Coming Up

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