Crop Insurance

Crop Insurance Planting Date Maps

The final planting dates for 2023 crop insurance purposes have been announced by the Risk Management Agency. These maps show final planting dates for the Dakotas, Minnesota, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.

The final planting date is the last day that you can plant the crop and still get full coverage. After this date the coverage is reduced by 1 percent per day and the actual final date that the crop can be planted and is anywhere from 20 to 25 days after the date listed on the map depending on the county.

Additional Documents

Colorado Planting Map file size: 782 kb

Kansas Planting Map file size: 1027 kb

Minnesota Planting Map file size: 1240 kb

Montana Planting Map file size: 1043 kb

Nebraska Planting Map file size: 939 kb

North Dakota Planting Map file size: 957 kb

South Dakota Planting Map file size: 941 kb

Texas and Oklahoma Final Planting Dates file size: 1138 kb

Wyoming Planting Map file size: 699 kb

NSA Crop Insurance Priorities

NSA is working with RMA to have trend-adjusted actual production history yields (Trend-Adjusted APH) for sunflower in all counties in all states that have sunflower crop insurance coverage. This would give sunflower producers another option to update their actual production history (APH) when making crop insurance decisions.

Hail Damage

Hail storms can and will cause different types of sunflower plant injury. Plant death, damage to the terminal bud, physical injury to the stalk and head, and defoliation are all types of injury that can influence yield. These guidelines can help you and your crop insurance adjuster determine losses due to hail damage at several stages of sunflower plant development.

Additional Documents

Hail Damage Adjustment Guide file size: 1603 kb