FCIC to Evaluate PRP Process
October 28, 2004 --
The FCIC Board of Directors today voted to require advance notice
of proposed rulemaking for Premium Reduction Plan.
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Related item:
Board resolution
USDA Awards $19.8 Million in Partnership Agreements
October 23, 2004 -- Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced awards of $19.8 million in risk management partnership agreements.
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Related items:
Outreach agreements |
Education agreements |
R&D; agreements
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.
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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.
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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.
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November 16, 2004
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The Plains --
Heavy showers continue to impede fieldwork, including winter wheat planting and summer crop harvesting, across southern portions of the region. Farther north, mild weather is promoting winter wheat establishment, although subsoil moisture shortages remain a concern across the northern half of the High Plains.
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
Today's Events
Using Electronic Animal Identification to Manage Cattle Production, Marketing and Financial Risk --
Liberty, TX
Idaho Grain Producers Annual Meeting -- Boise, ID
November calendar
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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 November 12, 2004
-- RMA has one opening at this time.
Archive of RMA Farm Stories
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