Background

The CEPP peanut factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2019 CY are identified below. The factors are applied to the commodity prices for wheat, cotton, soybean oil, and soybean meal during the discovery period of February 1, 2019, to February 28, 2019. These factors apply only to states with a Sales Closing Date (SCD) of March 15, 2019 and are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology guidelines.

As of January 29, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30, 1/31 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:

Common Crop Insurance Policy¹

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

Additional Price Elections:

In accordance with section 3(e)(1) of the Basic Provisions, RMA is providing additional price elections for selected California grape varieties with a January 31, 2019 SCD.

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:

Background

The CEPP peanut factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2019 CY are identified below. The factors are applied to the commodity prices for wheat, cotton, soybean oil, and soybean meal during the discovery period of January 15, 2019 to February 14, 2019. These factors apply only to states with a Sales Closing Date (SCD) of February 28, 2019, and are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology guidelines.

Background

Due to excess moisture, delayed harvest situations, and freezing temperatures in parts of Minnesota and North Dakota, processors are rejecting harvest and delivery of remaining unharvested sugar beets for the 2018 Crop Year. As a result, unharvested sugar beets are still frozen in the ground due to an insurable cause of loss that occurred during the insurance period.

Background

Cotton producers experienced, and continue to experience, a significant amount of wet weather during the 2018 cotton harvest, resulting in the quality (seed sprouting, mold, etc.) of both unharvested cotton and cotton modules rapidly deteriorating in the field. Gins are rejecting damaged modules, as well as samples of unharvested cotton, resulting in unmarketable cotton and cottonseed.

The 2018 CY harvest prices shown below are for the Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The harvest prices are applicable for the crops, types, and states with a March 15, 2018, sales closing date.

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

• 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 10/31, 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: