Storage Onions

You are protected against the following:

• Adverse weather conditions;
• Earthquake;
• Failure of irrigation water supply;
• Fire;
• Insect damage and/or plant disease; unless you have insufficiently or improperly applied pest or disease control measures;
• Volcanic eruption; or
• Wildlife.

Recognizes that grower receipts will likely be reduced when storage type onions fail to achieve the expected percentage of Jumbo and larger sizes (Jumbo+). The production-to-count is adjusted, based on the percentage of the onion crop that sizes Jumbo and larger. For each percentage point below 80 percent, 0.6 of a percentage point of the total yield is determined to be production-not-to-count. In other words, for each 5-percent reduction below 80 percent, three percent of the total yield is determined to be production-not-to-count.

Risk Management Agency has approved the following statement, which has been added to the special provisions of Canyon, Owyhee, Payette, and Washington counties in Idaho, and Malheur County in Oregon.

"In lieu of the provisions in section 1 Definitions, 'Damaged onion production,' the following shall apply only to onions having reached the final stage."
Damaged onion production - Storage-type onion production that does not size at least 80 percent U.S. No. 1 Jumbo or larger will be reduced 0.06 percent for each 0.1 not grading

U.S. No. 1 Jumbo or larger. (All percentage points of damage will be rounded to the nearest 0.1 percent.)
Formula
Production-to-count = {100 percent - [(80 percent -actual percent Jumbo+) ƒx 0.60]} ƒx yield
Example
240.8cwt. = {1 - [(0.80 - 0.280) ƒx0.60]} ƒx 350cwt.¡¨

Based on expected Jumbo+ production of 80 percent. Assume you have 533 cwt. per acre APH, 400 cwt. per acre production guarantee (a 75-percent guarantee),your target is 426 cwt. Jumbo+ (80 percent Jumbo+). Your actual US No. 1 Harvested is 350cwt. Your actual percent Jumbo+ is 98 cwt, which is 28 percent of 350 cwt. Your total production is listed below.

Step 1: List the Different types of Production Harvested

Step 2: Find your quality reduction.
You have production of 350 cwt. per acre, which is 50 cwt. per acre below the production guarantee of 400 cwt. Assume the portion of the onions sizing Jumbo and larger (Jumbo+) is equal to 28 percent. Subtract 28 percent from the expected 80 percent, which gives you a difference of 52 percent. Then multiply 52 by 0.6, which gives you 31.2 percentage points. Your actual total yield, 350 cwt., is then multiplied by 0.312 (31.2 percent), which equals 109.2 cwt. The 109.2 cwt. is then entered into the loss calculation.

 Step 3: Calculate your loss.

"Quality Enhanced" Production Loss