LOUISIANA ONLY                                                                        September 13, 2004

 

For more information contact Jan Eliassen at 410-778-0120

 

Fall crop insurance deadline near

 

Louisiana winter wheat growers have only until September 30 to sign up for federally subsidized crop insurance, or to make any changes to existing policies.

 

Oats and sugar cane also share the September 30 deadline.

 

This year, winter wheat growers have two different kinds of policies from which to choose: Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC), and the traditional Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI).

 

Oats and sugar cane are insurable with MPCI.

 

Not all crops are insurable in every parish, nor are all policy choices available in every parish.  Producers wanting to learn more, to sign up, or to make any changes to existing policies must contact a crop insurance agent before the September 30 deadline.

 

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NCIS is a non-profit trade association that represents the private crop insurance industry.