Oklahoma Farm Report’s Ron Hays talked recently with Clay Burtrum of Farm Data Services about the upcoming deadline to enroll for Annual Forage crop insurance, which is July 15, 2025. The Annual Forage policy covers annual crops like wheat and triticale when they are used for grazing. It also covers summer crops like Sudan when being used for feed.
Burtrum says that there is only one signup per year and it does require you to pick your intervals in 2 month increments- and a potential payout will be based on rainfall for those two months. One advantage that Farm Data Services offers is access to utilizing Matt Makens of Makens Weather, who “can pin it down to your grids and give you information that can pinpoint what that weather forecast can do for you.”
Burtrum says Annual Forage works well with other Livestock related risk management products that RMA has developed and he adds “all of these programs are tools that help us stay in business.”
Burtrum says in his cattle operation that the Annual Forage coverage paid out well this past growing season on wheat being utilized for wheat pasture.
Contact Clay Burtrum and Farm Data Services for your crop & livestock insurance needs at (800)-579-8164- or go to their website for more info- click here for that.
