FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 3, 2003
The data used in this article was provided by the
USDA’s Risk Management Agency.
For more information contact Jan Eliassen at
410-778-0120 or Laurie Langstraat at 913-686-2767
NEW JERSEY ONLY
Fall
crop insurance deadline nears
New Jersey farmers who produce winter
wheat and barley have until September 30 to sign up for federally subsidized
crop insurance, or to make any changes to existing policies.
New Jersey farmers were paid nearly $4
million in crop insurance indemnities for last year’s crop losses.
Nationwide, crop insurance paid out more than $4 billion for losses suffered
in 2002. For the first time, crop insurance surpassed federal disaster
programs to become the largest part of the nation’s safety net for farmers.
To learn more and to sign up for crop
insurance on winter wheat or barley, or to make any changes to existing
policies, producers must contact a private crop insurance agent before the
September 30 deadline.
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