Simplified Insurance Process

According to Dave Paul, Director of the RMA Spokane Regional Office, “the 2011 crop year rollout of the Common Crop Insurance Policy regulations fundamentally revised and created a single insurance policy that greatly simplified the insurance process for producers”. Risk Management Agency’s Jo Lynne Seufer talks about producer response to the revisions.

SEUFER: Lacy, we’re really excited at Risk Management Agency because the 2011 crop year rollout of the Common Crop Insurance Policy regulations really have improved our program, and the response of our producers participation has been so positive that we’re excited again to go into of course the 2013 crop year.

Seufer says three basic coverage choices for yield and revenue protection policies are available to producers in the Pacific Northwest.

SEUFER: Those producers who grow wheat and barley and dry peas now can have the opportunity to obtain yield protection, revenue protection, or revenue protection with the harvest price exclusion. And I should also say that includes malt barley, corn, and canola and rapeseed as well.

Seufer also reminds producers that the sales closing deadline for their 2013 fall crops is fast approaching.

SEUFER: Our October 1 sales closing date includes mint, forage production, forage alfalfa seed pilot, our fall planted barley, our fall planted dry peas and lentils, and our wheat. We just want to remind producers to contact their crop insurance agent here shortly so they can plan well before that October 1 sales closing date.

I’m Lacy Gray and that’s Washington Ag Today on the Northwest Ag Information Network.