08/22/06 RMA insurance deadlines

Some deadlines for multi-peril crop insurance are drawing near. In fact, USDA's Risk Management Agency's Dave Paul says Idaho and other Northwest canola/rapeseed growers face an August 31st deadline for fall planted types. PAUL "If they plant canola in the spring they can still purchase insurance on the spring planted canola up until March 15th. For Malheur County we have forage production deadline for that multiple peril crop insurance policy October 2nd. The forage seed pilot program which encompasses Owyhee County, sales closing date for that program is October 2nd. Wheat, the big fall crop for all of Idaho, Oregon and Washington is October 2nd. For producers that might plant fall barley and want to insure that that sales closing date would be October 2nd as well." There is some work that needs done prior to the deadline so that's why Paul is suggesting that producers contact their insurance agent now. PAUL "We will be announcing no later than September 20th all of our projected prices for the revenue policies which are much more popular, getting much more popular across the Pacific Northwest." Between 60 to 80 percent of PNW wheat is now insured under one of the revenue type policies. Today's Idaho Ag News Bill Scott