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 2027 and succeeding crop years:

Uniform changes across LRP, LGM, and DRP:

BACKGROUND:

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amended the HIP-WI Endorsement for the 2027 and succeeding crop years in all counties with an April 30, 2026, contract change date, or later, with the following changes:

BACKGROUND:

On April 1, 2026, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) published the Removal of Regulatory Overreach and Federal Crop Insurance Policy Provisions final rule (91 FR 16151).

BACKGROUND:

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) revised the Rainfall Index (RI) Plan Common Policy, Basic Provisions and the Annual Forage (AF) Crop Provisions for 2027 and succeeding crop years for all crops with a contract change date on or after April 30, 2026. The changes include:

AF Crop Provisions:

BACKGROUND:

On March 5, 2026, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved modifications to the PRH Strawberry Crop Provisions and PRH General Provisions, beginning with the 2027 crop year, including:

BACKGROUND:

In areas of Texas and Oklahoma, an increase in planted cotton acreage and subsequent high cotton yields have caused abnormal delays in the completion of the ginning process of harvested cotton production for the 2025 crop year. As a result, many cotton insureds in these two states will not have gin records of their 2025 cotton crop available by the Insured’s Production Reporting Date (IPRD).

As of April 28, 2026 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2025 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 ECO Endorsement and Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields and payment factors for the 2025 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats: