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NAU Country takes pride in making business simple
The NAU Country mobile app allows you to add a Quarterly Coverage Endorsement (QCE) to Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) policies. Lock in your QCE during an open sales period from your NAU Country mobile app. Then capture your farmers signature either in person with eSign, or through a push notification to their mobile device when they are not present. April 12, 2021 -
Join our Spring 2021 NAU Country Connection training webinars
Refresh your product and system knowledge this spring with the NAU Country Connection Webinar Series. Back by popular demand, this series focuses on Production and Acreage Reporting systems, Crop-Hail and EASYmapping® features, and our weather metrics tools. For some, these courses will serve as refreshers for the time of year, and for others, it may be completely new material. We customize our training to assist both types of users. March 30, 2021 -
Crop Insurance Basics: Actual Production History
One of crop insurance’s defining attributes is its self-correcting nature. Collecting and analyzing a producer’s Actual Production History (APH), which takes into account a grower’s actual yields over a period of time, also compares performance to other farms within the county and surrounding communities. A higher APH may mean paying lower premiums. March 26, 2021
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New Agent Portal Update!
Our new Agent Portal, coming in late 2020, can be explored today! We encourage you to check out the new Agent Portal that will showcase a modern look and feel, that is simplistic and easy-to-use. The new web-based system offers a robust engine, sleek user interface, and strategic business management tools that will help you daily. September 08, 2020 -
American Association of Crop Insurers (AACI) Newsletter - September 8, 2020
Click here to read the September 8, 2020, AACI Newsletter including general updates on what is happening in congress, Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) updates on distribution, USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) releases Farm Sector Income Forecast, USDA August Announcements, USDA designates Iowa Distaster Areas following Derecho, USDA tightens farm eligibility rules, Commodity Credit Corporation announced rates for September, and a save the date for AACI's virtual Fall Meeting. September 08, 2020 -
USDA Designates 18 Iowa Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue designated 18 Iowa counties as primary natural disaster areas, enabling producers who suffered losses because of the recent Derecho, that occurred on August 10, 2020, to be eligible for emergency loans. September 04, 2020 -
RMA Update: Extending COVID-19 Relief
Beginning in March, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) began issuing Manager’s Bulletins to provide program flexibilities in response to COVID-19. As a continued response to COVID-19, the RMA has released MGR-20-026. This bulletin supplements the earlier relief authorized by the following Manager’s Bulletins: MGR-20-005, MGR-20-008, MGR-20-009, and MGR-20-013. August 28, 2020 -
AACI Issue Alert - Some farmers now able to hay, graze or chop cover crops early
On Monday, August 17, 2020, the American Association of Crop Insurers (AACI) issued an AACI Issue Alert regarding USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) issuing a press release announcing that farmers who planted cover crops on prevented plant acres in select counties in North Dakota and South Dakota will be permitted to hay, graze, or chop those fields beginning Sept. 1 rather than Nov. 1. Click here for a brief overview of the program changes. August 17, 2020 -
USDA announces additional eligible commodities for CFAP
The USDA announces additions to CFAP commodities. The application deadline is extended to September 11, 2020, and to producers that have approved applications to receive final payments. August 11, 2020 -
USDA Announces Changes to Emergency Haying and Grazing Provisions
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced changes for emergency haying and grazing of acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). This includes changes outlined in the 2018 Farm Bill that streamlines the authorization process for farmers and ranchers. August 11, 2020 -
AACI Issue Alert - Haying and Grazing of CRP Acres
On Friday, August 7, 2020, the American Association of Crop Insurers (AACI) issued an AACI Issue Alert regarding the USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) announcing changes for emergency haying and grazing of acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), including the changes outlined in the 2018 Farm Bill that streamlines the authorization process for farmers and ranchers. Read more! August 10, 2020 -
Bring your farmers the best in field technology with Field Insights™
Our updated Map Components, including Field Conditions and the Crop Growth & Harvest feature, provide helpful data for your farmers' fields but does not rely solely on the map to relay that information. July 30, 2020 -
2021 NAU Country Photo Calendar Contest
We are gathering photos from the farm in preparation for our 2021 NAU Country Photo Calendar. The theme for this edition is Fun on the Farm! That means any farm-related photos, we want to see - the funnier the better! July 30, 2020