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WASHINGTON — Agricultural producers who have coverage under most crop insurance policies are eligible for a premium benefit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture if they planted cover crops during this crop year. The Pandemic…
Those who implement climate-smart agricultural practices receive $5 reduction in crop insurance premiums.
A new program will give growers a $5-per-acre premium benefit on their crop insurance, but farmers must file their acreage report with the Farm Services Agency by June 15 to qualify.
Pandemic Cover Crop Program is available to farmers with coverage under most crop insurance policies.
By Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Krista Swanson with the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois and Carl Zulauf, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at Ohio State University The Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) is a new supplemental insurance program that will be available in 2021. ECO is an option that can only be added to an underlying individual plan of insurance and provides area-based coverage similar to the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO). Overview of ECO ECO will be available for purchase on 31 spring-plant...