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The Risk Management Agency (RMA) is revising the Special Provisions of insurance for the flue cured and burley types of tobacco. The revisions were made based on stakeholder feedback. These changes will help improve the integrity of the program and make it more sustainable going forward. The changes include:
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved modifications to the Hemp APH Insurance Program, under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, on August 20, 2020.
The following changes are applicable for the 2021 and succeeding crop years:
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) revised the Area Risk Protection Insurance (ARPI) Basic Provisions, Common Crop Insurance Policy (CCIP) Basic Provisions, Sunflower Seed Crop Provisions, and Dry Pea Crop Provisions for the 2021 and succeeding crop years for crops with a contract change date on or after November 30, 2020, and for all other crops, the changes are applicable for the 2022 and succeeding crop years. The changes include:
ARPI Basic Provisions:
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved changes to the Sweet Potato crop insurance program, under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, on August 20, 2020.
The following changes are applicable for the 2021 and succeeding crop years:
As of November 27, 2020 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:
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:
To ensure actuarial soundness, the Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) policy is not available to producers with a Catastrophic Risk Protection (CAT) policy for any crop that would be insurable under WFRP. Questions have been raised regarding producers that have a CAT policy in effect for winter wheat in counties where spring wheat is not insurable and no wheat was planted during the planting period for winter wheat. The relevant section of the WFRP policy is stated below.
Section 3 of the WFRP Basic Provisions states the following:
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