2010 News Archives

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Dec 2010

• Crop Insurance, Diversification, Works for PA Fruit and Vegetable Producer (Dec 14, 2010)
• Managing the Escalating Risks of Farming (Dec 6, 2010)

Nov 2010

• Meeting the Higher Risks for a Young and Beginning Farmer (Nov 10, 2010)
• November and December Livestock Gross Margin Sales Closing Dates (Nov 8, 2010)
• Soybean Coverage Expands in New York and Vermont (Nov 5, 2010)
• Louisiana Sweet Potato Crop Insurance Program Approved (Nov 1, 2010)

Oct 2010

• Our Browse By Subject Navigation Has Changed (Oct 28, 2010)
• Vilsack Announces $9.6 Million in Partnership Agreements (Oct 26, 2010)
• Improvements to the Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy Cattle Insurance Plan (Oct 21, 2010)
• FCIC Board Expands Pasture, Rangeland, Forage to Five Additional States (Oct 18, 2010)
• Thai Delegation Visits RMA (Oct 18, 2010)
• Crop Insurance Offsets Dairy Volatility (Oct 15, 2010)
• Crop Insurance As An Investment (Oct 12, 2010)

Sep 2010

• Common Crop Insurance Policy Reminder (Sep 27, 2010)
• RMA Administrator Meets with North Carolina Apple Growers (Sep 13, 2010)
• Sales Closing Dates Near (Sep 1, 2010)

Aug 2010

• FCIC Board Approves Optimum Acremax 1 Products As Qualifying for Biotechnology Endorsement Pilot (Aug 31, 2010)
• USDA Releases Studies Addressing Crop Insurance for Organic Crops (Aug 30, 2010)
• Changes to the Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy Cattle Insurance Plan (Aug 25, 2010)
• 132nd Nicodemus Homecoming Emancipation Celebration (Aug 20, 2010)
• American Farmer's Dream (Aug 17, 2010)
• Secretary's Honor Award Recipient (Aug 4, 2010)

Jul 2010

• Two Producers, One Warehouseman, Plead Guilty (Jul 29, 2010)
• RMA Administrator Testifies (Jul 22, 2010)
• USDA Announces Successful Completion of Negotiations With Crop Insurance Companies (Jul 13, 2010)
• Crop Insurance Helps in Tough Times (Jul 7, 2010)

Jun 2010

• RMA Expands PRF Insurance Availability for 2011 (Jun 30, 2010)
• 2011 Standard Reinsurance Agreement Released (Jun 30, 2010)
• Guilty Plea to Crop Insurance Fraud (Jun 23, 2010)
• USDA Releases Final Draft Crop Insurance Agreement (Jun 10, 2010)

May 2010

• NC Convenience Store Owner Pleads Guilty to Crop Insurance Fraud (May 25, 2010)

Apr 2010

• USDA Releases Final Report About Federal Crop Insurance Program Actuarial Methodology (Apr 23, 2010)
• Vilsack Announces New Members of the FCIC Board of Directors (Apr 20, 2010)
• Introducing RMA's New Information Browser Page (Apr 15, 2010)
• RMA Announces 2010 FFA Essay Contest Winners (Apr 14, 2010)
• RMA Releases Updated Historical and Reasonable Rate of Return Analyses (Apr 2, 2010)

Mar 2010

• RMA Releases New Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Mar 31, 2010)
• USDA Announces Availability of Funds for Risk Management Partnership and Cooperative Agreements (Mar 23, 2010)
• RMA Participates in National Discussion on America’s New Farmers (Mar 23, 2010)
• RMA Provides Guidance, Clarifies Preventing Planting Provisions (Mar 11, 2010)
• USDA Approves Occidental to Provide Crop Insurance for 2010 (Mar 4, 2010)
• FCIC Board Requests Comments Regarding Reasonableness Procedures (Mar 2, 2010)
• Requests for Applications, Community Outreach and Assistance (Mar 1, 2010)

Feb 2010

• Requests for Applications, Small Sessions and Targeted States Programs (Feb 26, 2010)
• USDA Releases Second Draft of Proposed Crop Insurance Agreement (Feb 17, 2010)
• Sales Closing Dates Near (Feb 3, 2010)

Jan 2010

• Three Sentenced in Crop Insurance Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme (Jan 20, 2010)
• Consider Impact of NASS County Crop Estimate Dates When Choosing Crop Insurance (Jan 14, 2010)
• SRA Comments Deadline Extended to January 19 (Jan 14, 2010)
• Our “Browse by Subject“ Navigation Is Changing (Jan 6, 2010)
• RMA Response to Comments on the Milliman Study (Jan 4, 2010)

Testimony and Speeches

• Testimony of William J. Murphy Administrator of the Risk Management Agency Before the House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management (PDF) | Audio clips | Testimony attachments (Jul 22, 2010)
• RMA Associate Administrator Barbara Leach - Drake University Forum (Mar 23, 2010)