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Ag Secretary Reminds Nursery Growers to Sign up for Crop Insurance

(gantdailty.com) - Because nursery growers cannot predict adverse weather, wildlife damage and the marketability of their crop, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff urged those who want to be protected against losses for a full year to sign up for crop insurance coverage by May 1.

Enrollment in new multiple peril crop insurance, or MPCI, policies can be done year-round with a 30-day waiting period before the policy takes effect.

Wolff said producers must be enrolled in a crop insurance policy, or Farm Service Agency’s non-insured crop assistance program, to be eligible to receive federal disaster assistance, if needed, from the 2008 Farm Bill’s Supplemental Revenue program.

“For the first time, most crops, including nursery, must be covered by a crop insurance program in order to be eligible to receive federal disaster payments,” said Wolff. “I urge all Pennsylvania nursery growers to contact a crop insurance agent well before the May 1 deadline to discuss how they can protect their investments from disasters, providing peace-of-mind even in these difficult economic times.”

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