Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance ¹

The 2016 CY harvest prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection – Harvest Price Exclusion. The harvest prices are applicable for the crops, sales closing dates, states, types, and practices indicated in the following table.

As of October 03, 2016 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2016 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2016 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Background

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Risk Management Agency (RMA) is required annually, in accordance with Appendix C of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-123, Requirements for Effective Estimation and Remediation of Improper Payments dated October 20, 2014, to estimate and report an improper payment rate for the Federal Crop Insurance Program. Further, this Circular requires agencies with high-priority programs to establish annual or semi-annual supplemental measures for reducing improper payments.

Background

The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. § 522a) requires agencies to establish appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to ensure the security of records and to protect against any anticipated threats or hazards to their security that could result in substantial harm, embarrassment, inconvenience, or unfairness to any individual about whom information is maintained.

As of September 26, 2016 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

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

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2017 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

2017 ADM prices issued for insurance plans 31, 40, and 90 commodities, 9/30 filing.

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 September 22, 2016 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 6/30, 8/31, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2016 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2016 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Malting Barley Endorsement

The Malting Barley Endorsement (MBE) utilizes a Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soft red wheat price component to derive the 2017 CY projected price for any insured whose malt barley contract provides for a premium amount above or below a base price to be determined, and whose base price is not determined by the acreage reporting date. Please see the MBE for details: www.rma.usda.gov/policy-procedure/crop-policies/malting-barley-endorsement-17-0091b.

As of September 19, 2016 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

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

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2017 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance ¹

The 2016 CY harvest prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion, and Area Revenue Protection - Harvest Price Exclusion. The harvest prices are applicable for the crop, sales closing date, states and practices indicated in the following table.