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MGR-19-003: Eligibility for the Crop Year 2019 Supplemental Coverage Option Regarding Elections for Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage

Background

Producers have the option to elect either Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) for each Farm Number and crop at Farm Service Agency (FSA) Service Centers to receive benefits. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) allows producers to make an election in 2019, which covers the 2019 and 2020 crop years. FSA has not announced election dates currently.

Actuarial Release 19-007

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

  • 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30, 12/31 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-19-013: 2019 Crop Year (CY) Additional Price Elections for Selected Actual Production History (APH), and related Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO), Dry Bean Types and Dry Pea Types with a March 15, 2019, Sales Closing Date (SCD)

Additional Price Elections

In accordance with section 3(e)(1) of the Basic Provisions, RMA is providing additional price elections for selected APH and SCO dry bean types and dry pea types with a March 15, 2019, SCD.

MGR-19-002: Insurability of Hemp Under the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Plan During the 2019 Crop Year

Background

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill) altered the legal status of Cannabis sativa L. (cannabis) with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Specifically, the Farm Bill amended the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA) to address how industrial hemp is to be defined and regulated at the Federal level. Prior to passage of the Farm Bill, any form of cannabis was a controlled substance under the CSA.

Actuarial Release 19-006

As of February 20, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 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:

Actuarial Release 19-005

As of February 15, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 6/30, 11/30, 1/31, 2/28 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2019 Special Provisions for the 1/31, 2/28 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

PM-19-012: 2019 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy, Area Risk Protection Insurance and Margin Protection Plan Projected Prices and Volatility Factors

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance

The 2019 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Yield Protection, Area Yield Protection, Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion, and Area Revenue Protection with the Harvest Price Exclusion.

PM-19-011: 2018 Crop Year Rainfall Index November – December Index Interval Final Grid Indices Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage; 2019 Crop Year Rainfall Index November – December Index Interval Final Grid Indices for Annual Forage

IS-19-001: Nursery Catalog Submissions for the 2019 and Subsequent Reinsurance Years

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) modified the Regional Office Exceptions (ROE) system to store documents and other information for nursery catalogs, eliminating the need to use the Legacy SharePoint site for catalog submissions.

For the 2019 and subsequent Reinsurance Years (RY), Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) will submit all nursery catalogs through the ROE system using the existing R35 lite method described in the 2019 Appendix III to the Standard Reinsurance Agreement.

PM-19-010: Subpart X - Interpretations of Statutory Provisions, Policy Provisions, and Procedures

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalized the General and Administrative Regulation, Subpart X - Interpretations of Statutory Provisions, Policy Provisions, and Procedures, to incorporate interpretations of procedures previously issued and administered in accordance with Manager’s Bulletin MGR–05–018, and to provide a mechanism for interpretations of policy provisions that are not codified in the Code of Federal Regulations.

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