Source: Sonja Begemann, AGWEB, 5/5/20


The USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) is allowing organic and transitional farmers to report their acreage differently, citing stay-at-home orders and social distancing as the reason. Instead of in-person crop insurance conversations, producers can report acreage for the 2020 crop year if they can show they have requested a written certification from a certifying agent by their acreage reporting date. “As the pandemic continues, RMA is also continuing to add more flexibilities to assist America’s farmers and ranchers,” said Martin Barbre, RMA administrator in a recent press release.

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