USDA’s Risk Management Agency has changed some rules for specialty crop insurance reporting.
Administrator Marcia Bunger tells Brownfield the changes will simplify the process. “We are looking at a new marketing certification that allows producers to self-identify if they will not have a disinterested third-party record when required, and it enables them to use their own supporting production records.”
Bunger says the changes eliminate the need for approved insurance providers to do a pre-harvest appraisal, which can often interfere with harvesting, marketing, and other normal business.
