Dry Pea

Any of the following categories may be insurable as dry peas:

• Smooth green or yellow peas;
• Lentils;
• Austrian peas;
• Contract seed peas; or
• Kabuli chickpeas.

Separate guarantees for the winter types of smooth green or yellow peas and lentils are available in select counties. See your crop insurance agent for specific details and assistance if insurance for a category of dry peas is not offered in your county.

Idaho - Bannock, Benewah, Bingham, Bonneville, Boundary, Cassia, Clark, Clearwater, Fremont, Idaho, Jefferson, Jerome, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Minidoka, Nez Perce, Power, and Twin Falls counties.

Oregon - Gilliam, Umatilla, and Union counties.

Washington - Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Douglas, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane, Walla Walla, and Whitman counties.

Coverage is available in other counties by written agreement if certain criteria are met. Submit requests, through your crop insurance agent, to the Spokane Regional Office before the sales closing date.

You are protected against the following:

• Adverse weather conditions such as hail, frost, freeze, wind, drought, and excess moisture;
• Earthquake;
• Failure of the irrigation water supply, if caused by an insured cause of loss that occurs during the insurance period;
• Fire;
• Insects, but not damage due to insufficient or improper application of pest control measures;
• Plant disease, but not damage due to insufficient or improper application of disease control measures;
• Volcanic eruption; or
• Wildlife;

For spring-planted acreage, insurance coverage begins at time of planting. See our Dry Pea with Winter Coverage Protection Fact Sheet for specifics about fall-planted acreage and this option. If your fall-planted acreage is not covered by this option, coverage may begin on April 15, not before March 1 (or earlier) if you request coverage by March 15 and your insurance provider determines an adequate stand exists. Insurance coverage ends with the earliest occurrence of one of the following:

• Total destruction of the insured crop;
• Harvest of the unit;
• Final adjustment of a loss on the unit;
• September 30 for all peas and lentils;
• October 15 for chickpeas; or
• Abandonment of the crop.

Insurable Types - Spring types of green peas, yellow peas, lentils, and chickpeas (large and small).

Causes of Loss - In addition to the causes of loss specified in the Dry Pea Crop Provisions, insurance is provided against a change in the harvest prices from the projected price.

Endorsement Availability - North Idaho and all Washington counties.

Peas, lentils, and chickpeas (large and small) - Projected value from analysis of contracts for purchase of dry peas released no later than the third business day in March.

Harvest - An analysis of prices for the insurable type received by growers reported to the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council (released no later than December 15 of the crop year).