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NATIONAL CROP INSURANCE SERVICES
7201 West 129th Street, Suite 200
Overland Park, KS 66213
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IN MISSISSIPPI ONLY February 23, 2004
For more information contact Jan Eliassen at 410-778-0120.
Data in this release was provided by the Risk Management Agency.
Crop insurance deadline near
Mississippi producers of six major Spring planted crops have until February 28 to sign up for federally subsidized crop insurance. That is also the deadline for making any changes to existing policies.
The six crops that share the 2/28 deadline are: rice, cotton, corn, grain sorghum, peanuts, and soybeans.
Producers must not only decide what percentage of their expected yield to insure and at what price level, but also, in many cases, what type of insurance policy they want to use for their coverage.
While all crops in Mississippi are insurable under the traditional Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI), there are other choices to evaluate. Rice, cotton, corn, soybeans, and grain sorghum are insurable under Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC) and soybeans and cotton are insurable under Group Risk Plan (GRP).
Each county has its own mix of insurable crops and policy choices. Producers should contact their private crop insurance agent before the deadline to learn what the choices are where they farm.
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