Potatoes

*Program may not be available in all counties.

Potatoes are insurable if:

• You have a share in the crop;
• Premium rates are provided by the actuarial documents;
• Planted with certified seed (unless otherwise permitted by the Special Provisions); and
• Planted for harvest as certified seed stock or for human consumption (unless specified otherwise in the Special Provisions).

Potatoes are not insurable (unless allowed by the Special Provisions or by written agreement) if:

• Interplanted with another crop; or
• Planted into an established grass or legume.

For crops, types or practices not insurable in a county, consult a crop insurance agent about the availability of coverage through a written agreement.

Coverage begins at the later of when we accept your application or the date when the crop is planted, and ends with the earliest occurrence of one of the following:

• Total destruction of the crop;
• Harvest of the unit;
• Final adjustment of loss;
• Abandonment of the crop; or
• The date specified in the Special Provisions.

See crop provisions for additional information.

You must apply for insurance coverage with your crop insurance agent by the sales closing date. Sales closing dates may vary by county, consult your crop insurance agent for more information and specific requirements.

Sales closing dates:

Alabama, Missouri...……...12/31
Arizona...………11/30
California...………11/30, 12/15, 1/31, 3/15, 5/31 or 7/1
Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey,
  North Carolina, and Virginia...………1/31
Florida...………9/30 or 12/31
Oklahoma...………2/28
Texas...………11/30, 2/28 or 3/15
All Other States...………3/15

You must file a report of planted acreage with your crop insurance agent by the acreage reporting date. Acreage reporting dates vary by crop and county, consult your crop insurance agent for more information and specific reporting requirements.

Acreage reporting dates:

Alabama...………3/15 or 5/15
Arizona...………3/15
California...………11/15, 12/15, 1/15, 3/15, 5/15, 6/15, 7/15 or 9/15
Florida...………10/15, 1/15, or 3/15
Delaware, Maryland, Missouri,
  North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Virginia...………5/15
New Mexico and Texas...………5/15 or 7/15
All Other States...………7/15

You are protected against the following:

• Adverse weather conditions, including natural perils such as hail, frost, freeze, wind, drought, and excess precipitation;
• Earthquake;
• Failure of the irrigation water supply, if caused by an insured peril during the insurance period;
• Fire;
• Insects and plant disease, except for insufficient or improper application of pest or disease control measures;
• Wildlife; or
• Volcanic eruption.

If a loss occurs you must:

• Protect the crop from further damage by providing sufficient care;
• Notify your crop insurance agent within 72 hours of your initial discovery of damage, but not later than 15 days after the end of the insurance period;
• Leave representative samples at least 10 feet wide and extending the entire length of each field if you are going to destroy any acreage of the insured crop that will not be harvested; and
• Give the insurance company the opportunity to perform a grade inspection on the production from any unit for which you reported damage.

The premium subsidy percentages and available coverage levels, if electing basic units, are shown below. Your share of the premium will be 100 percent minus the subsidy amount.

Catastrophic Risk Protection (CAT) coverage is fixed at 50 percent of your average yield and 55 percent of the price election. The cost for CAT coverage is an administrative fee of $655, per crop per county.

You may buy crop insurance coverage under one of the insurance plans offered: Catastrophic Risk Protection or Actual Production History.

Additional options are the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO), Trend Adjusted Yield Option, and Yield Cup Option, where available.

Endorsements available only for the Northern Policy are the Northern Potato Certified Seed Endorsement, Northern Potato Processing Quality Endorsement, Northern Potato Quality Endorsement, and the Northern Potato Storage Coverage Endorsement, where available.

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 Agent Locator.

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