USDA Expands Crop Insurance for Producers Using Controlled Environments
Monday, February 24th, 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding the Controlled Environment pilot crop insurance program to an additional 48 counties in 17 states for 2026 and succeeding crop years. The Controlled Environment program from USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is specifically for plants grown in fully enclosed controlled environments and provides coverage against plant diseases subject to destruction orders. Per the USDA RMA website (2/24/25), the Ohio counties include Cuyahoga, Erie, Franklin, Fulton, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, and Wayne. Learn more.
Sourced from USDA News 2/19/25