Background 

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) issued Manager’s Bulletin MGR-08-003 on February 23, 2008 as a result of the United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Inspector General for Audit (OIG) titled, “2005 Emergency Hurricane Relief Efforts in Florida”. The audit identified instances that involved significant liability amounts where producers did not have or provide inventory records to support their PIVR.

Background

The Malting Barley Endorsement to the Small Grains Crop Provisions approved under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act was implemented beginning with the 2016 crop year. Revisions to the Malting Barley Endorsement have been made for the 2017 crop year as follows:

Background

7 C.F.R. § 400.169(b) outlines the appeals process for compliance matters. If the approved insurance provider (AIP) believes that the Risk Management Agency (RMA) Regional Compliance Office rendered a final finding not in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, or FCIC approved policy and procedure, the AIP may request the Deputy Administrator for Compliance to make a final administrative determination.

Background

The Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) are used in conjunction with either the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions or the Area Risk Protection Insurance Basic Provisions, along with Crop Provisions for the following crops: barley, canola/rapeseed, corn, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat.

The CEPP specifies how and when the projected and harvest price components will be determined. The CEPP contains two sections:

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors (FCIC Board) approved the High-Risk Alternative Coverage Endorsement (HR-ACE) on March 1, 2012. The HRACE is a privately-developed product that was submitted to the FCIC Board under Section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. The only unit structures initially available for HR-ACE were basic and optional units. On February 5, 2015, the Board approved enterprise units beginning with the 2017 crop year.

Background

This Informational Memorandum establishes the 2016 crop year Prune Reference Date and provides Approved Insurance Providers with the average dry prune count per pound for calculating second-period immature prune appraisals.

Each year the Davis Regional Office (DRO) establishes the Prune Reference Date. This date occurs one to two weeks after prune pit tip hardening when 80 to 90 percent of the seed shows the presence of endosperm, a clear jelly-like substance at the bloom end of the seed.

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 May 11, 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:

Background

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:

Background

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.