Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance ^1,2

The 2021 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, practices, sales closing dates, and states indicated in the following table.

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved changes to the Hemp APH crop insurance program, under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, on August 25, 2021.

The following changes are applicable for the 2022 and succeeding crop years:

As of November 30, 2021 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

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

Users can find this information in the following directories:

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

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amended the General and Administrative Regulation Subpart R - Administrative Remedies for Non-Compliance, (Subpart R); Area Risk Protection Insurance (ARPI) Regulations; Common Crop Insurance Policy (CCIP), Basic Provisions; Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Sunflower Seed Crop Insurance Provisions (Sunflower Seed Crop Provisions); Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Coarse Grain Crop Insurance Provisions (Coarse Grains Crop Provisions); and Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Dry Bean Crop Insurance Provisions (Dry Bean Crop P

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amended the Machine Harvested Pickling Cucumber Crop Provisions for the 2022 and succeeding crop years. The crop provisions were revised to clarify the maximum contract price can be found in the actuarial documents and not in the Special Provisions.

Action

The Machine Harvested Pickling Cucumber Crop Provisions (22-0132) will be available by close of business today on the RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov.

As of November 29, 2021 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2022 Special Provisions for the 8/31, 11/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

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

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) is issuing a new Micro Farm policy intended to provide additional insurance options for small-scale producers. The Micro Farm policy was designed based on research required under the 2018 Farm Bill. And, the policy development process included obtaining feedback from small-scale producers that have grown products for their local communities.

The Micro Farm policy is offered through Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) and is enhanced to better meet the needs of small-scale farms. This includes:

Background

The Agricultural Act of 2014 (Farm Bill) instructed the Risk Management Agency (RMA) to offer the Stacked Income Protection Plan of Insurance (STAX) to upland cotton producers, which became effective for the 2015 insurance year and was available in all counties where insurance for upland cotton was available.

In order to provide clarity for determining insurable acres, RMA is making the following modification to the STAX program:

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved changes to the Fresh Market Bean crop insurance program on November 19, 2021.

The following changes are applicable for the 2022 and succeeding crop years:

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) derives prices for certain programs by applying factors and premiums to conventional projected and harvest prices established in accordance with the Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP). The factors and premiums for organic rice, organic cotton, popcorn, organic popcorn, confectionery sunflowers, and organic sunflowers are provided below.

Action

Organic Rice Price Factor