Crop Insurance Deadlines
The Crop Insurance Calendar Year has a number of important deadlines for growers to be aware of, including sales closing deadlines. These deadline dates are Federally mandated and, therefore, are not negotiable. Your agent can explain them fully. To find Crop Insurance Agents serving Maine, please use the Agent Locator tool
What is a Sales Closing Deadline?
A Sales Closing Deadline is the last federally mandated day that a grower can purchase a policy for the upcoming crop year.
*Anyone interested in obtaining Crop Insurance should contact an Agent well before the Sales Closing date, in order to ensure adequate processing time.
| Policy | Sales Closing Deadline Date |
|---|---|
| Hurricane Insurance Protection- Wind Index (HIP-WI) | Same Sales Closing Date as Underlying Policy |
| Nursery | Sign up Anytime |
| LGM | Last Business Friday of Each Month |
| Onion | February 1 |
| Broadleaf Tobacco | March 15 |
| Cabbage | March 15 |
| Canola | March 15 |
| Corn | March 15 |
| Dry Bean | March 15 |
| Fresh Market Beans | March 15 |
| Grain Sorghum | March 15 |
| Green Pea | March 15 |
| Hemp | March 15 |
| Oats | March 15 |
| Potato | March 15 |
| Processing Beans | March 15 |
| Processing Tomato | March 15 |
| Shade Tobacco | March 15 |
| Soybeans | March 15 |
| Spring Barley | March 15 |
| Spring Forage Seeding | March 15 |
| Spring Oats | March 15 |
| Spring Wheat | March 15 |
| Sunflowers | March 15 |
| Sweet Corn | March 15 |
| Whole Farm Revenue Protection | March 15 |
| Fall Forage Seeding | July 31 |
| Forage Production | September 30 |
| Winter Barley | September 30 |
| Winter Malting Barley | September 30 |
| Winter Wheat | September 30 |
| Apiculture | November 15 |
| Pasture Forage Rangeland | November 15 |
| Apple | November 20 |
| Blueberry | November 20 |
| Cranberry | November 20 |
| Grape | November 20 |
| Peach | November 20 |
| Pear | November 20 |
For questions regarding the above information, please contact our Crop Insurance Education Program Manager: Chris Howard at: christina.howard@maine.edu or at 207.570.2868
This material is based upon work supported by USDA/NIFA under Award Number 2018-70027-28584.
