RMA Extends Comment Period
October 13, 2004 -- In light of the
recent hurricanes and their impact on nursery growers, RMA has extended the comment period
for the nursery proposed rule an additional 45 days, from October 8 to November 22.
Emergency Loss Procedures October 13, 2004 -- RMA is authorizing emergency loss procedures to streamline loss determinations on specific crops affected
by the recent series of hurricanes in Florida.
November 1 Sales Closing Date Nears
October 12, 2004 -- November 1 is the last chance for many producers to sign up for or change their crop insurance protection.
Westfield/Deere Approved As Federal
Crop Insurance Company
October 8, 2004 -- The Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced Westfield Insurance Company, with its Managing General Agent (MGA), John Deere Risk Protection Inc., as the newest approved participant in the Federal crop insurance program.
Livestock Insurance Sales Resume
September 29, 2004 --
Sales of the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) and Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) plans of insurance resumed September 30, 2004.
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October 15, 2004
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POTLIGHT ON:
The Corn Belt --
Cold air is overspreading western parts of the region. Meanwhile in the eastern Corn
Belt, widespread showers are slowing harvest activities but aiding newly planted winter wheat.
Outlook --
A developing storm system over the eastern Corn Belt will slowly move northward, generating
showery, windy conditions across the Great Lakes and Northeastern States into the weekend. Cool weather
will briefly overspread areas east of the Rockies, but by early next week warmth will return to the South,
Midwest, and East. Meanwhile, a disturbance over the eastern Pacific Ocean will move eastward, generating
scattered showers in southern California during the weekend and across parts of the South and East early next
week. Farther north, a series of storm systems will result in increasingly unsettled weather across northern
California, the Northwest, and eventually the Plains and the remainder of the West.
Complete Ag Weather Highlights
(PDF file)
RMA Crop Weather Links |
Drought Monitor
Current 2004 Crop
Indemnity Map | Archive
Current Summary of Business Report
Irrigation and Prevented Planting
Mail Delay Time-sensitive mail to RMA should be sent using other mail delivery services or by fax
or e-mail.
First-class mail must be irradiated off-site.
Insurance
Policy Fundamentals
Risk Management and the
Crop Insurance Program (pdf file)
Cycle through the process of insuring your commodity.
Job Openings October 15, 2004
-- RMA has no openings at this time.
Archive of RMA Farm Stories
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