MANAGERS BULLETIN: MGR16-007




1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Stop 0801
Washington, DC  20250-0801

Date

September 02, 2016

To:

All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties

From:

Brandon C. Willis, Administrator /s/ Brandon Willis    9/2/2016

Subject:

2017 Crop Year County Perennial Crops Program Expansion
Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2017 crop year. The following attachment, 2017 Expansion of Existing Perennial Crops Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county for permanently-established (non-pilot) programs.

The Risk Management Agency is continuing the policy of expanding crop insurance programs, particularly where interest by producers has been shown of providing producers the opportunity and responsibility for managing their own risk for their farming operations.

Action

Approved Insurance Providers should advise agents and in turn producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2017 crop year to allow producers the opportunity to purchase crop insurance.

 

DISPOSAL DATE:
November 30, 2017

 

ATTACHMENT:

2017 EXPANSION OF EXISTING PERENNIAL CROPS PROGRAMS

Crop State Counties
Blueberry Florida Orange
Blueberry Georgia Berrien, Jeff Davis, Lanier
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