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Final Agency Determination: FAD-287

Subject: Two requests dated December 27, 2018, and July 25, 2019, to the Risk Management Agency (RMA) requesting a Final Agency Determination for the 2016 crop year regarding the interpretation of section 21 of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions) published at 7 C.F.R. § 457.8. This request is pursuant to section 506(s) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act and 7 C.F.R. § 400, subpart X.

Background:

Referenced policy related to the request:

Actuarial Release 19-013

As of April 16, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 9/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

PM-19-021: 2017 Crop Year Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) Final County Yields and Final County Revenues for Sugarcane; 2018 Crop Year Margin Protection (MP) Final County Yields, Harvest Revenue and Harvest Margins for Corn, Soybeans and Rice; 2018 ...

In accordance with Section 15 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, Section 14 of the MP Crop Provisions and Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields, final county revenues, harvest revenues and harvest margins for the 2017/2018 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

COM-19-001: Livestock Price Reinsurance Agreement (LPRA) Appendix IV Reviews

Background

Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) are required to conduct reviews of eligible livestock price insurance contracts as described in Appendix IV of the LPRA. These reviews are intended to address suspected anomalies and program integrity concerns, or to assure that a company’s internal control processes are operational and effective. The required reviews include Data Mining Reviews, Individual Policy Reviews, Conflict of Interest Reviews, and $200,000 Indemnity Reviews.

Actuarial Release 19-012

As of April 08, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

  • 2019 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2019 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

PM-19-020: 2019 Crop Year Rainfall Index January – February Index Interval Final Grid Indices for Annual Forage, Apiculture, and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage

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:

Actuarial Release 19-011

As of April 01, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

  • 2018 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2018 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

PM-19-019: 2018 Crop Year Area Risk Protection Insurance (ARPI) Final County Yields and Final County Revenues for Wheat; 2018 Crop Year Margin Protection (MP) Final County Yields, Harvest Revenue and Harvest Margins for Wheat

In accordance with Section 3 of the ARPI Crop Provisions and Section 14 of the MP Crop Provisions, approved final county yields, final county revenues, harvest revenues and harvest margins for the 2018 crop year wheat will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

Actuarial Release 19-010

As of March 28, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2020 Special Provisions for the 4/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

  • 2020 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2020 directory.
  • 2020 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2020 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

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