Crop insurance deadline nears for Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — United States Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency reminds Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan producers that the final date to apply for insurance coverage on spring barley, Burley tobacco, cabbage, corn, cucumbers, dry beans, forage seeding, grain sorghum, green peas, hybrid seed corn, oats, popcorn, potatoes, processing beans, processing pumpkins, processing sweet corn, processing tomatoes, soybeans and sugar beets is March 15.

Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their current policies also have until the sales closing date to do so.

Crop insurance provides protection against decreases in revenue and crop production losses due to natural perils such as drought and excessive moisture. Producers have a number of coverage choices, including yield coverage, revenue protection and area risk policies.

A number of important changes have been made to crop insurance for the 2016 crop year that producers may want to consider as the sales closing date approaches.

A list of crop insurance agents is available at all USDA Service Centers and online at the RMA Agent Locator http://www.rma.usda.gov/tools/agent.html