Richard Flournoy

Starting July 1st, livestock and dairy producers will see greater flexibilities in three insurance products for the 2023 crop year. "Dairy revenue protection, this change allows people some flexibility to go back and look at the production from a previous quarter ...

Small farmers who sells products locally may be eligible for a new USDA crop insurance product coming out soon. Risk Management Agency Acting Administrator, Richard Flournoy, said the new product is a micro-farm policy. "This policy will be available for the 2022 crop year," he noted. "S ...

Not only has production of specialty crops, organic crops, local food, and greenhouse production grown in recent years, but as the RMA's acting Administrator Richard Flournoy pointed out, so has crop insurance offerings in those areas. "All the growth we've had in those programs over the years, as well as the interest in those programs and that we have made a lot of changes to organic and spe

According to the USDA, updates will be in place next crop year for organic and aquaculture producers who used the Whole Farm Revenue Protection Plan. "One of those is we're increasing expansion limits for organic producers to be the higher of $500,000 dollars or 35% ...

The USDA recently asked crop insurance policy holders provided feedback regarding two nationwide pilot programs. The results have led to updates to both the Pasture Rangeland and Forage pilot insurance program and the apiculture pilot insurance program. US... Read More ...

The USDA is bringing back a program aimed at supporting risk management education and training through universities and non-profit organizations. RMA Acting Administrator, Richard Flournoy, said for this year, "we're going to have about one million dollars worth of funds going to nine different projects ...

According to the USDA, new emergency procedures in crop insurance flexibility will help producers in parts of the nation impacted by severe drought. Acting RMA Administrator, Richard Flournoy, said the emergency procedures authorize insurance companies to expedite the claims process: such as streamlining paperwork, and taking in considerations regarding the producer ...

The Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that farmers with crop insurance can now hay, graze or chop cover crops for silage, haylage or baleage at any time and still receive 100% of the prevented planting payment. Previously, cover crops could only be hayed, grazed or chopped after November 1, otherwise the prevented planting payment was reduced by 65% ...

Agricultural producers who have coverage under most crop insurance policies are eligible for a premium benefit from the USDA if they planted cover crops during this crop year. The Pandemic Cover Crop Program, offered by USDA’s Risk Management Agency, helps farmers maintain their cover crop systems despite the financial challenges caused by COVID-19. ...