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Show Deadline for Crop Insurance Nearing Garfield County wheat growers interested in crop insurance should contact their insurance agent as soon as possible, according to Mr. Dean Bradshaw, federal crop insurance district director. Although the deadline to obtain wheat insurance isn't until October 31, 1982, Bradshaw suggests three reasons why growers should begin making their plans now: First, early consideration will provide additional time to develop a program of insurance coverage that best meets the individual policyholder's needs. Secondly, it can be useful to farmers to have their insurance arranged before they visit with .their lenders about production loans. Insurance helps to minimize the uncertainty involved in the year-ahead cash flow projections that many lenders today require. Third, an early application allows additional time for growers to verify yield records which are required to qualify for increased insurance protection. Bradshaw points out that the expanded and revised wheat insurance program now in effect provides a variety of ways for producers to tailor their coverage to their needs for insurance protection and to their budgets. For example, policies offer a choice of production guarantees as well as a choice of indemnity payments for each bushel of loss. The ASCS office in Panguitch has a list of local private -agents who are handling the federally-backed insurance policies. |