The basic provisions of crop insurance policies typically require that, in case of damage to any insured crop, you must give notice, by unit, within 72 hours of your initial discovery of damage and this must occur no later than 15 days after the end of the insurance period. If you do see damage, what you do and what you don't do can have an impact on your crop insurance protection. The recent thunderstorms that pounded eastern Montana should serve as a reminder to crop producers to check...

The following are the requirements for reporting crop damage: -- At least 15 days before harvesting begins; or -- Within 72 hours of discovery; or -- Within 15 days of harvest completion for the insurance unit; or -- Within 15 days of the calendar date for the end of the insurance period. Crop Insurance Deadlines Approaching. They are also reminded to report any crop damage in a timely manner in order to receive reimbursement. Farmers whose crops have experienced damage should report it...

PATNA: The state government is committed to effective implementation of National Agriculture Insurance scheme and aiding insured farmers in case of damage to crops during a natural calamity. He, however, lamented that banks were not covering the farmer's crop insurance. He said an amendment regarding this will soon be effected and a team will be sent to other states to study the basis of the evaluation of crop damages. Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said the government favours...

Print Story Email to Friend Discuss this story HARRISBURG Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff reminds Pennsylvania farmers of two upcoming crop insurance deadlines July 16 for acreage reports for 2007 spring crops; and July 31 for 2008 fall forage seeding enrollment. Print Story Email to Friend Discuss this story HARRISBURG Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff reminds Pennsylvania farmers of two upcoming crop insurance deadlines July 16 for acreage reports for 2007 spring crops; and July 31...

Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Minister of State for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, told reporters at an industry conference that exports so far in 2006/07 amounted to 1.1 million tonnes and were expected to reach 1.5 million tonnes for the year to Sept. BRISBANE (Reuters) - Indian exports of raw sugar, already weighing down prices on world markets, could more than double to over 3 million tonnes in 2007/08, a senior Indian government official said on Monday. Akhilesh...

The program uses the leader-to-farmer concept of the DA, where projects are first modeled by farmer-leaders so it could influence other farmers later on. Provincial Agriculturist Gerry Jose said it is drawn from the farming technology of integrating production of rice, corn, vegetables, poultry, fish and other livestock to augment the income of farmers. We take advantage of the working philosophy of farmers on a wait and see , so when they see a project profitable that's the time they will...

A leading meat company, Tyson Foods, plans to team up with oil giant ConocoPhillips to turn its greasy animal fat waste into biodiesel fuel. Davidson & co., says the biggest benefit of the biodiesel deals for Tyson will be their impact on the market price of the fatty by-products, known as tallow. Tyson has struck deals with oil giant ConocoPhillips and Syntroleum, a small company that develops synthetic fuel technology. Tyson forecasts that the plant will generate between $35 million and...

This doesn t include an additional 300 cans of carbonated soft drinks, 200 sticks of sugar-containing chewing gum, eight kilogrammes of sweets, 63 dozen doughnuts, 22kg of cakes and biscuits, 91 litres of ice cream plus whatever gets sneaked into prepared savoury foods, and other sugar sources such as fruit juice, maple syrup and honey. This doesn t include an additional 300 cans of carbonated soft drinks, 200 sticks of sugar-containing chewing gum, eight kilogrammes of sweets, 63 dozen...

The government has been urged to extend the benefit of crop insurance to those farmers whose co-operative loans have been waived. Hiremath said the assessment of crop loss has been done on area basis and insurance claim amount has been sanctioned hobli wise. Kumaraswamy is scheduled to distribute insurance cheques to farmers at a function to be held in Jewargi. Hiremath regretted that at some places the benefit of crop insurance scheme was not reaching due to lack of information. In...