Purpose
- Producers selecting the Continuous Hail Insurance Option (CHIO) are not required to complete an annual hail application as hail insurance coverage renews automatically every year.
Eligibility
- To be eligible for the CHIO, producers must have all eligible crops insured under AgriInsurance at the per cent coverage level.
- Most crops are included in the CHIO automatically, with the following crops only eligible as Optional Crops:
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- processing and table potatoes
- rutabagas
- cooking onions
- parsnips
- other onions
- carrots
- cabbage
- cauliflower
- broccoli
- sweet corn
- greenfeed
- Basic Hay
- Select Hay
- pedigreed timothy seed
- alfalfa seed
- perennial ryegrass seed
- annual ryegrass seed
- silage corn
- tall fescue seed
- leeks
- peppers
- pumpkins
- winter squash
- strawberries
- organic crops
- These Optional Crops can be individually added to your CHIO selection. The deadline to sign-up or cancel the CHIO (or add / remove Optional Crops) is March 31.