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 3 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, and Section 14 of the MP Crop Provisions approved final county yields, final county revenues, harvest revenues and harvest margins for 2016 crop year wheat will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

In accordance with Section 3 of the ARPI Crop Provisions and Section 14 of the MP Crop Provisions, approved final county yields, final county revenues, harvest revenues and harvest margins for 2016 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

As of November

In accordance with Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved Final Area Yields and Final Area Revenues for 2016 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has revised the Rainfall Index and Vegetation Index Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Basic Provisions, via a Farm Bill Amendment, to incorporate changes made in the 2014 Farm Bill Final Rule that was published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2016. In addition, the following modifications to the Annual Forage (AF) Plan of Insurance are effective beginning with the 2018 crop year:

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 3 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, approved final county yields for 2016 crop year forage production have been determined, and will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has revised the Livestock Risk Protection and Livestock Gross Margin-Cattle, Dairy, and Swine Basic Provisions to incorporate changes made in the 2014 Farm Bill Final Rule published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2016. Additionally, these Basic Provisions have been revised to incorporate changes previously made in the Ineligibility Amendment.

The new provisions are effective for the 2018 and succeeding crop years.

Final Area Yields released with PM-17-025 were in error for the following crops: Grapefruit, Lemons, Mandarins/Tangerines, Oranges, and Tangelos. Therefore, the Actuarial Information Browser (AIB) and Actuarial Data Master (ADM) have been updated accordingly and will be available by close of business today. 

DISPOSAL DATE 
December 31, 2017