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United States
Department of Agriculture

Risk Management Agency Fact Sheet

2017 Crop Year

Spokane Regional Office — Spokane,WA

July 2016

Canola

Idaho,  Oregon,  Washington

Crop Insured
Oleic canola and high erucic rapeseed are insurable. Types and practices are specified in the insurance policy’s special provisions for all Idaho, Oregon, and Washington counties listed below. Brassica carinata (carinata) is insurable by written agreement under the Canola and Rapeseed Crop Provisions only.
Counties Available
Idaho - Bannock, Benewah, Bingham, Blaine, Bonner, Bonneville, Boundary, Caribou, Cassia, Clearwater, Fremont, Gooding, Idaho, Jefferson, Jerome, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Nez Perce, Oneida, Power, Teton, and Twin Falls counties.
Oregon - Gilliam, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, and Wasco counties.
Washington - Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Douglas, Garfield, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, and Whitman counties.
Causes of Loss
You are protected against the following:
  • Adverse weather conditions, such as hail, frost, freeze, wind, drought, and excess moisture;
  • Earthquake;
  • Failure of irrigation water supply, if caused by an insured peril during the insurance period;
  • Fire, if caused by an insured peril during the insurance period;
  • Insects, but not damage due to insufficient or improper application of control measures;
  • Harvest price decline, when revenue protection is in effect, a decline in the harvest price below the projected price;
  • Plant disease, but not damage due to insufficient or improper application of control measures;
  • Volcanic eruption; or
  • Wildlife.
Important Dates
Sales Closing Dates
Fall and spring-types .................... August 31, 2016
Spring-types only ........................... March 15, 2017
Acreage Report Date
Fall planted .............................. December 15, 2016
Spring planted .................................... July 15, 2017
Insurance Period
Insurance coverage begins at the time of planting and ends on a unit or part of a unit with the earliest occurrence of one of the following:
  • Total destruction of the crop;
  • Harvest of the crop;
  • Final adjustment of a loss on a unit;
  • October 31; or
  • Abandonment of the crop.
Yield and Revenue Insurance
One policy provides the choice of the following plans:
Yield Protection - Insurance coverage only providing protection against a production loss.
Revenue Protection - Insurance coverage providing protection against loss of revenue due to a production loss, price decline or increase, or a combination of both.
Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion - Insurance coverage providing protection only against loss of revenue due to a production loss, price decline, or a combination of both. Rapeseed is eligible for options unique to the revenue plans (enterprise or whole farm units) but no price protection is provided.
Projected and Harvest Price
Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) - Contains information necessary to set the projected price and the harvest price for the insured crop. Information includes the price discovery period, release dates, boards of trade used, and additional pricing information. A list of crop insurance agents is available at all USDA service centers and on the RMA website at Agent Locator.
Projected price - Used to calculate the premium, replant payment, and any prevented planting payment.
Harvest price - Used to value production-to-count under the Revenue Protection and the Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans.
Production Guarantees

Yield Protection Guarantee - Determined by multiplying the production guarantee by the projected price. The harvest price is not used.
Revenue Protection Guarantee - Determined by multiplying the production guarantee (per acre) by the greater of the projected price or the harvest price.
Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion Guarantee - Determined by multiplying the production guarantee (per acre) by the projected price.
Coverage Levels and Premium Subsidies
You can choose to insure 50 to 85 percent of your approved average yield, in 5-percent increments as shown below. For example, at the 75-percent coverage level, your premium would be 45 percent of the total premium. Basic and optional units apply to the percent column in the table below.

 

Item Percent
Coverage Level
 50 55 60 65 70 75 80
85
Premium Subsidy
 67 64 64 59 59 55 48 38
Your Premium Share
 33 36 36 41 41

45

 52
62

 

Catastrophic Risk Protection coverage (CAT) is fixed at 50 percent of your average yield and 55 percent of the price election. The total cost for CAT coverage is an administrative fee of $300.

 

Additional Coverage Options
The common crop policy offers several different options you can choose from so you can have the right coverage for your farm. Additional options for this policy are:
  • Insurance units;
  • Late and prevented planting; and
  • Replant payments.
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

  • 4405 Bland Road
    Suite 160
    Raleigh, NC 27609-6293
  • Phone: 919-875-4880
  • Fax: 919-875-4915
  • Email: rsonc@rma.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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