Cultivated Wild Rice

The following additional price elections are provided for the 2023 CY cultivated wild rice program in California and Minnesota counties with a September 30, 2022, sales closing date.

As of September 01, 2022 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2022 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2022 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

2022 RY ADM Price is updated for harvest price announcement PM-22-054, 6/30 and 11/30 filings.

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance ¹

The 2022 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 with the 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 August 31, 2022 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2023 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2023 Special Provisions for the 8/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) issued Product Management Bulletin PM-22-042 on June 30, 2022, announcing changes to several policies under the CIROC Final Rule. The Common Crop Insurance Provisions Basic Provisions, Area Risk Protection Insurance Basic Provisions, and 14 individual Crop Provisions were released at that time. The remaining regulatory Crop Provisions included in the CIROC Final Rule and conforming changes in non-regulatory Crop Provisions are planned for public release by their respective contract change dates (CCD).

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) revised the Actual Revenue History (ARH) Pilot Endorsement, ARH Sweet Cherry Pilot Crop Provisions, and ARH Tart Cherry for Processing Pilot Crop Provisions. On May 18, 2022, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved the following changes for the 2023 and succeeding crop years:

In the ARH Pilot Endorsement:

Background

On February 17, 2022, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved changes to the Actual Production History (APH) Caneberry crop insurance program under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act.

The following changes are applicable for the 2023 and succeeding crop years:

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) revised the Rainfall Index (RI) Common Policy and the Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) Crop Provisions for 2023 and succeeding crop years with the following changes:

Background

The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill) included provisions to improve the effectiveness of WFRP. Per the Farm Bill, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) has continued to solicit stakeholder recommendations. In response to stakeholder feedback from approved insurance providers, agent organizations, and producer groups, RMA recommended changes to WFRP to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors (Board).

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2023 crop year having an August 31 thru October 31 contract change date. The following attachment, 2023 Expansion of Existing Perennial Crop Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county for the permanent (non-pilot) program.

Action

Approved Insurance Providers should advise producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2023 crop year. 

DISPOSAL DATE: 
December 31, 2022.