BACKGROUND:

The 2026 Appendix III to the Standard Reinsurance Agreement and the Livestock Price Reinsurance Agreement (Appendix III) has been updated with approved modifications. Appendix III will be available tomorrow electronically via the Risk Management Agency (RMA) website at www.rma.usda.gov/Policy-and-Procedure/Appendix-III-M13-Handbook-Index under the Appendix III/M-13 directory.

ACTION:

Modifications in the 2026 Appendix III include the following crop insurance program changes:

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:

In accordance with Section 9 of the Shellfish Commodity Provisions and Shellfish Data Provisions, the approved counties/parishes will have an updated county loss trigger available by close of business today in the following formats:

• Actuarial Information Browser
• Actuarial Data Master 

The following counties have been triggered for the 2025 commodity year.

BACKGROUND:

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors approved changes to the Camelina pilot crop insurance program on May 20, 2025. The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding coverage allowing camelina producers to better manage their risks.

The following changes are applicable for the 2026 and succeeding crop years:

BACKGROUND:

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) revised the Grass Seed Crop Provisions to make coverage more broadly available to producers. The following updates are intended to enable producers to better adapt crop insurance to their specific production and marketing practices:

BACKGROUND

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) derives prices for certain programs by applying factors to projected and harvest prices established in accordance with the Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP). The factors for organic oats and organic rye are provided below.

ACTION

Organic Oats Price Factor

The “CEPP Section II: Oats” document authorizes RMA to derive organic oat prices. In accordance with this document, the following 2026 CY organic price factors will be applied to derive organic oat prices:

As of June 23, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

BACKGROUND

On November 21, 2024, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors approved modifications to the Triticale Crop Insurance Program under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. Beginning with the 2026 crop year, the modifications include the following:

As of June 17, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2026 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2026 Special Provisions for the 6/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of June 12, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 8/31, 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2024 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2024 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release: