Risk Management/Crop Insurance Resources
for Tree Fruit Growers

Compiled by Jon Clements, UMass Extension Tree Fruit Specialist (updated October 2012)

Note: some of these hyperlinks require an Internet connection (WEB); or Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF), Microsoft Word (DOC) or Microsoft Excel (XLS)

Apple Crop Insurance Provisions (released August, 2010)

Peach Crop Insurance Provisions (released August, 2012)

Crop Insurance Agents Serving Massachusetts (2012, PDF)

Crop Insurance Update on Fresh-Market Recordkeeping Requirements for Apple Producers (Fruit Times, Penn State University, August 21, 2012)

Risk Management Agency (RMA) Fact Sheets

2012 Crop Insurance Fact Sheet: Massachusetts Apples (PDF)

2012 Crop Insurance Fact Sheet: Massachusetts Peaches (PDF)

Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) Fact Sheet (PDF)

Adjusted Gross Revenue Lite (AGR-Lite) Fact Sheet (PDF)

 

Web Sites (WEB)

MassAgRisk.com

Massachusetts Agricultural Business Training Program

USDA RMA (Risk Management Agency) Online

The Northeast Center for Risk Management Education

Crop Insurance Education Web Site at Penn State

Cornell Horticultural Business Management and Marketing Program

National Ag Risk Education Library

Computerized Farm Recordkeeping with Quicken 2003

Pesticide Recordkeeping Software

Enterprise Budget Analysis ("Farm on Paper") Information and Tools (courtesy Jayson Harper, Pennsylvania State University)

Agricultural Alternatives: Enterprise Budget Analysis (PDF)

Partial Budgeting for Agricultural Businesses (PDF)

ASAE Standards, Agricultural Machinery Management Data (PDF)

Enterprise Budget Form (XLS)

Schedule of Field Activities and Operations (XLS)

Machinery Cost Analysis Worksheet (DOC)

Partial Budgeting Form (DOC)

Recordkeeping Forms (courtesy Win Cowgill, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, and Jon Clements, University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Employee Time Card (DOC)

Employee Weekly Timesheet (XLS)

Schedule of Field Activities and Operations (XLS)

Production History (XLS)

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