BACKGROUND:

In accordance with Section 8 of the Rainfall and Vegetation Index Plan Common Policy Basic Provisions, final grid indices and payment calculation factors have been determined and approved for the following:

As of April 30, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2025 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2026 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2026 Special Provisions for the 4/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

BACKGROUND:

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved implementation of the Margin Coverage Option (MCO) program, under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, on May 23, 2024.

MCO provides a band of insurance from 86 percent up to 95 percent of expected crop value to cover producers’ operating margins. MCO will be available as an endorsement for corn, cotton, grain sorghum, soybeans, rice, and spring wheat for the 2026 and succeeding crop years.

BACKGROUND:

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors (Board) approved revisions to the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP), Livestock Gross Margin (LGM), Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) plans of insurance under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. The following revisions are applicable for the 2026 and succeeding crop years:

LRP changes include:

As of April 29, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2023 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31, 10/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

In accordance with Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields and payment factors for the 2024 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

BACKGROUND:

Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) are required to conduct reviews of eligible livestock price insurance contracts (ELPIC) on livestock plans of insurance (Livestock Gross Margin (LGM), Livestock Risk Protection (LRP), Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP), and Weaned Calf Risk Protection (WCRP)). These reviews (Data Mining, Individual Policy, Conflict of Interest, and $200,000 Indemnity ($200K)) are intended to address suspected anomalies, program integrity concerns, or to ensure that a company’s internal control processes are operational and effective.

As of April 28, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2026 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2026 Special Provisions for the 4/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of April 25, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 8/31, 9/30, 10/31, 11/30, 1/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2025 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2026 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

On April 21, 2025, the International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) updated the dataset for the 2024 hurricane season in the north Atlantic basin. In accordance with Section 8(d) of the HIP-WI Endorsement and the Hurricane Data Provisions, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) reviewed the NOAA IBTrACS dataset for all cyclones in the 2024 season and performed a re-analysis.