{"id":3256,"date":"2018-09-05T13:50:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T17:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/outcropn\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2018-09-05T13:50:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T17:50:23","slug":"usdas-pasture-rangeland-forage-prf-program-was-designed-to-help-protect-a-producers-operation-from-forage-losses-due-to-lack-of-precipitation-the-enrollment-deadline-for-prf-cov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/outcropn\/2018\/09\/05\/usdas-pasture-rangeland-forage-prf-program-was-designed-to-help-protect-a-producers-operation-from-forage-losses-due-to-lack-of-precipitation-the-enrollment-deadline-for-prf-cov\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA\u2019s Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) program was designed to help protect a producer\u2019s operation from forage losses due to lack of precipitation. The enrollment deadline for PRF coverage is November 15."},"content":{"rendered":"

Media Release<\/span><\/p>\n

Sept. 4, 2018<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact: Erin Roche, 207.949.2940, <\/span>erin.roche@maine.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Webinar offered on pasture and forage crop insurance program<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Orono, Maine\u2014<\/span>Some farmers have experienced reduced hay yields or pasture regrowth due to drier-than-normal weather. The <\/span>Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) Rainfall Index<\/span><\/a> crop insurance program is an option that may help offset the costs associated with lack of precipitation on grassland.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>An online web<\/span>inar, scheduled Sept. 26, from 12 noon\u20131 p.m., will include an overview of the program, demonstration of a tool that shows historical precipitation by grid, and a farmer\u2019s perspective on the program. Speakers include Cornell Cooperative Extension agricultural educator Keith Severson, and Leon Ripley, farmer and owner of Maple Corner Farm, Granville, Massachusetts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The webinar is for those who want to learn more about the program before the Nov. 15 enrollment deadline. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The program is free; registration is required. \u00a0<\/span>Register online<\/span><\/a>; 1.0 CEU\u2019s will be offered after completion of the webinar. For more information contact Erin Roche, 207.949.2940, <\/span>erin.roche@maine.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sponsors include University of Maine Cooperative Extension, University of Massachusetts Extension, University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension, and Cornell University Cooperative Extension with funding from the USDA Risk Management Agency. <\/span><\/p>\n

University of Maine Cooperative Extension:<\/span><\/p>\n

As a trusted resource for over 100 years, University of Maine Cooperative Extension has supported UMaine’s land and sea grant public education role by conducting community-driven, research-based programs in every Maine county. UMaine Extension helps support, sustain and grow the food-based economy. It is the only entity in our state that touches every aspect of the Maine Food System, where policy, research, production, processing, commerce, nutrition, and food security and safety are integral and interrelated. UMaine Extension also conducts the most successful out-of-school youth educational program in Maine through 4-H.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Media Release Sept. 4, 2018 Contact: Erin Roche, 207.949.2940, erin.roche@maine.edu \u00a0Webinar offered on pasture and forage crop insurance program \u00a0Orono, Maine\u2014Some farmers have experienced reduced hay yields or pasture regrowth due to drier-than-normal weather. The Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) Rainfall Index crop insurance program is an option that may help offset the costs associated … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “USDA\u2019s Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) program was designed to help protect a producer\u2019s operation from forage losses due to lack of precipitation. The enrollment deadline for PRF coverage is November 15.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":909,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"outcropn","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/outcropn\/author\/outcropn\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p67qLh-Qw","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/outcropn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/outcropn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/outcropn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/outcropn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/909"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/outcropn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/outcropn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3257,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/outcropn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256\/revisions\/3257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/outcropn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/outcropn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/outcropn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}