The USDA’s Risk Management Agency reminds Illinois producers of wheat and winter barley that they have until sales closing on September 30th to purchase crop insurance or make a change to their existing policy. Crop insurance protects against yield and revenue losses. Producers have a number of coverage choices, including yield coverage, revenue protection and area risk policies. RMA also recently announced the availability of the Supplemental Coverage Option in select counties for winter and spring wheat for the 2015 crop year. SCO is a county-level policy endorsement that can be added to an underlying crop insurance policy, and covers a portion of losses not covered by the same crop’s underlying policy. Producers electing to participate in the Farm Service Agency’s Agricultural Risk Coverage for a crop on a farm cannot buy SCO for the same crop on the farm. SCO is available for winter wheat in Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, Perry, Randolph, Saint Clair and Washington counties in Illinois. SCO is not available for winter barley for the 2015 crop year. Contact a local crop insurance agent for more information about the program. A list of crop insurance agents is available at all USDA Service Centers or on the RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov/tools/agents/.