The implementation of Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments under the 2008 Farm Bill extended the deadlines to file insurance claims for growers of certain crops.
Payments for onions, honey and melons must be applied for by Dec. 1; growers of forage crops, fruit and nuts, excluding apples, have until Dec. 15.
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“Everyone who has a crop they’re growing for commercial sale should be buying either crop insurance or (Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program) coverage,” said Navdeep Dhillon, USDA Farm Service Agency program specialist in Davis.
For details on disaster crop insurance, visit: fsa.usda.gov/ca.
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