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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 May 11, 2016 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
Additional notes and details regarding this data release:
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has revised the Area Risk Protection Insurance (ARPI) Basic Provisions (17-ARPI) and ARPI Forage Production Crop Provisions (17-ARPI-0033) for the 2017 and succeeding crop years. The provisions were revised to do the following:
Consistent with the Special Provisions statement in lieu of section 10(d)(1) of the Upland and ELS Cotton Crop Provisions, Price B will be established by adding premiums or discounts associated with the predominant cotton quality characteristics as determined by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to the Upland and ELS Cotton National Average Loan Rate. The predominant quality characteristics of cotton in each state are determined from the most recent three years of Agricultural Marketing Service cotton classing data.
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors (FCIC Board) approved the Margin Protection (MP) Plan of Insurance for corn, wheat, rice and soybeans on June 24, 2014, a privately developed product submitted under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. For the 2017 crop year, minor changes and technical corrections have been made to the Margin Protection (MP) plan of Insurance.
Changes have been made to the Actual Revenue History Strawberry Policy based on recommendations resulting from a contracted evaluation and approved by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors.
The following revisions have been made to the Actual Revenue History Strawberry plan program for the 2017 crop year:
In accordance with Section 3 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, approved final county yields for 2015 crop year forage production have been determined, and will be available by close of business today in the following formats:
As of April 26, 2016 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
As of April 22, 2016 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
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 using a statistically selected, statistically valid sample of policies for the Federal crop insurance program.
