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United States
Department of Agriculture

Risk Management Agency Fact Sheet

2017 Crop Year

Davis Regional Office — Davis,CA

December 2016

Walnuts

California

Crop Insured

All English Walnuts (excluding black walnuts) adapted to the area are insurable if:

  • 90 percent of the trees have reached at least the seventh growing season after being set out; or
  • The crop is sixth leaf, you may request the insurance provider to insure the acreage.
Counties Available
Walnuts are insurable in Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Fresno, Glenn, Kern, Kings, Lake, Madera, Merced, Placer, San Benito, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo, Shasta, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Yolo, and Yuba counties. Walnuts in other counties may be insurable by written agreement if specific criteria are met. Contact an agent for more details.
Causes of Loss

You are protected against the following:

  • Adverse weather conditions;
  • Failure of irrigation water supply, if caused by an insured peril during the insurance year;
  • Earthquake;
  • Fire, unless weeds and undergrowth are not controlled;
  • Insects or plant disease, but not damage due to insufficient or improper application of control measures; or
  • Wildlife, unless recommended wildlife control measures have not been taken.
Insurance Period
Coverage begins on February 1. Coverage ends on November 15.
Important Dates
Sales Closing/Cancellation …... January 31, 2017
Acreage Reporting ………..…….. March 15, 2017
Premium Billing ………….....…… August 15, 2017
Termination ……………....…….. January 31, 2018
Coverage Levels and Premium Subsidies

Individual insurance amounts are based on your approved yield. Individual approved yields are calculated from 4 to 10 years of actual yield history that you give to your insurance agent. Coverage levels range from 50 to 75 percent of your approved yield. Crop insurance premiums are subsidized as shown in the following table. For example, if you choose the
65-percent coverage level, your premium share would be 41 percent of the base premium.

Item Percent
Coverage Level
 50 55 60 65 70 75
Premium Subsidy
 67 64 64 59 59 55
Your Premium Share
 33 36 36 41 41 45
Catastrophic Risk Protection (CAT) coverage is fixed at 50 percent of your approved yield and 55 percent of the price election. CAT is 100 percent subsidized with no premium cost to you. There is, however, an administrative fee of $300 per crop, per county regardless of the acreage.
Price Elections

The price used to calculate your premium and indemnity.

Walnuts (conventional) ……$0.95 per pound
Walnuts (organic) …………$1.25 per pound

Loss Example

Assume 65-percent coverage, an average yield of 2,200 pounds per acre, 100-percent price election of $0.95 per pound, and 100-percent share.

    
2200 Pounds per acre average yield (APH)
0.65 Coverage level percentage
1430 Pounds per acre guarantee
400 Pounds per acre actually produced
1030 Pounds per acre loss
$0.95 Price Election
$978.50 Gross indemnity per acre
                           

 

Price used above is for example only. Contact a crop insurance agent for current information.
Where to Buy Crop Insurance
All multi-peril crop insurance, including CAT policies, are available from private crop insurance agents. A list of crop insurance agents is available at all USDA service centers and on the RMA website at Agent Locator.

  Regional Office Visit

  • Jeffrey Yasui, Director
    430 G Street, Suite 4168
    Davis, CA 95616-4168
  • Phone: 530-792-5870
  • Fax: 530-792-5893
  • Email: rsoca@usda.gov
This fact sheet gives only a general overview of the crop insurance program and is not a complete policy. For further information and an evaluation of your risk management needs, contact a crop insurance agent
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