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Changes to acreage reports and crop insurance By: STEVE JOHNSON 05/02/2012 @ 12:07pm

Everyone who plants an insurable crop should be keeping track of what date you plant each field and how many acres were planted to that crop. That information has to be ...

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Replant provisions & early planting By: STEVE JOHNSON 04/06/2012 @ 9:10am

The USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) has some specific rules about early planted crops with regard to multi-peril crop ...

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Insuring against bad weather By: DANIEL LOOKER 03/06/2012 @ 11:45am

Doug Theobald's Shelbyville, Indiana, farm fought a wet planting season last year.“The majority of what we ...

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The premium rate shuffle By: DANIEL LOOKER 02/16/2012 @ 4:39pm

In late November, USDA's Risk Management Agency revealed good news: Farmers in much of the Corn Belt will see rates used to calculate 2012 crop insurance premiums fall by 10% or more for corn. Rates are ...

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Farm-level revenue insurance choices By: Agriculture.com Staff 09/28/2011 @ 12:38pm

When farm-level revenue crop insurance policies are used, most Illinois farmers now purchase 80 and 85 percent coverage levels. In 2011, 71 percent of the corn acres and 60 percent of the soybean acres ...

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Harvest crop insurance checklist By: STEVE JOHNSON 09/20/2011 @ 3:35pm

The 2011 growing season saw extreme weather conditions that will likely result in yield variability across the Corn Belt, even within a field. A large number of producers have already filed loss claims with ...

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2011 missouri flood By: florence fleeman 08/23/2011 @ 1:18pm

our farm was flooded this spring and we were unable to plant rice and corn,we claimed preventive planting on these two crops,we have been very disapointed with crop insurance,not enough info from agent to ...

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Wind damage: Is it covered? By: STEVE JOHNSON 07/12/2011 @ 2:42pm

Straight line winds of over 100 miles per hour ripped through central Iowa during the early morning hours of July 11th.  Power poles, farm buildings and empty grain bins were no match for the winds as ...

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