The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) will soon offer a new insurance option for ‘conservation-minded’ corn farmers who split-apply nitrogen.
Split-application is done throughout the growing season rather than a single treatment before or during planting.
RMA Acting Administrator Richard Flournoy tells Brownfield the Post Application Coverage Endorsement will provide payments for the projected yield lost when farmers are not able to apply the in-season nitrogen.
“This is important.
