RMA has announced updates for the April 30, 2026 Contract Change Date, for the 2027 and succeeding crop years. These changes affect HIP-WI, RI and AF provisions, along with LRP, LGM and DRP.

The Rainfall Index Plan Common Policy (RI Basic Provisions) lease requirements have changed, effective August 31, 2025, for the 2026 crop year.

For the 2026 and succeeding crop years (effective for the August 31, 2025, contract change date) and for the 2027…

Have questions about PRF insurance? The experts at ProAg are here to answer them — including why PRF coverage is so much more than hay insurance.

What is PRF insurance and how is it helping hay producers and farmers when Mother Nature keeps the rain away too long? Find out the perks of this policy.

Rainfall Index (RI) – Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) Changes

ProAg Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) insurance offers protection against forage loss due to the lack of precipitation on acres grown with the intended use of grazing or haying.

The Annual Forage insurance program is a rainfall index area-based plan that provides coverage to acreage planted each year and…

Livestock producers are in a constant battle of record-setting dry conditions throughout the U.S. Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) insurance could…

RMA recently revised the Rainfall Index (RI) Common Policy and the Pasture, Rangeland Forage (PRF) Crop Provisions. The following changes…