PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM16-062




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

Date

December 01, 2016

To:

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

From:

Richard H. Flournoy, Deputy Administrator /s/ Richard H. Flournoy    12/1/2016

Subject:

2016 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance Harvest Prices Announcement
Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance 1,2

The 2016 CY harvest prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection – Harvest Price Exclusion. The harvest prices are applicable for the crops, practices, sales closing dates and states indicated in the following table.


Crop/Practice/Sales Closing Date/State Exchange Contract Harvest Price
Corn
March 15 Sales Closing Date
Idaho, Michigan, Oregon & Washington
CBOT
December Corn $3.45/bushel
Corn - Organic Practice
March 15 Sales Closing Date
Idaho, Michigan, Oregon & Washington 
CBOT
December Corn
$7.53/bushel
Cotton
March 15 Sales Closing Date
Kansas, New Mexico & Oklahoma
ICE
December Cotton
$0.71/pound
Cotton - Organic Practice
March 15 Sales Closing Date
Kansas, New Mexico & Oklahoma
ICE
December Cotton
$1.31/pound
Popcorn
March 15 Sales Closing Date
Michigan
CBOT
December Corn
$0.1518/pound
Popcorn - Organic Practice
March 15 Sales Closing Date
Michigan
CBOT
December Corn
$0.2187/pound
Soybeans
February 28 Sales Closing Date
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina & South Carolina
CBOT
January (2017) Soybeans $10.07/bushel
Soybeans - Organic Practice
February 28 Sales Closing Date
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina & South Carolina
CBOT
January (2017) Soybeans $19.17/bushel
Soybeans
March 15 Sales Closing Date
Delaware, Maryland, Oklahoma, Virginia & West Virginia
CBOT
January (2017) Soybeans $10.07/bushel
Soybeans - Organic Practice
March 15 Sales Closing Date
Delaware, Maryland, Oklahoma, Virginia & West Virginia
CBOT
January (2017) Soybeans $19.17/bushel
1 Harvest Prices are applicable for the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO).
2 Harvest Prices are applicable for Stacked Income Protection (STAX) cotton policies.

DISPOSAL DATE
December 31, 2016
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