USDA Assists Farmers, Ranchers, and Communities Affected by Hurricane Ida
News Release
MGR-21-011: Emergency Flexibilities for Producers Impacted by Hurricane Ida
Background
Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 hurricane, damaged infrastructure in parts of Louisiana, impacting transportation, electricity and other utilities, and communications. Additionally, some producers are required to make changes to their existing crop insurance policies to meet the linkage requirements for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) program and Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program-Plus (WHIP+).
Actuarial Release 21-036
As of September 24, 2021 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
- 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31, 9/30 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:
MGR-21-010: COVID-19 Relief
Background
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) issued Manager’s Bulletins to provide program flexibilities recognizing the potential impact and challenges due to COVID-19. Previously issued Manager’s Bulletins providing COVID-19 relief continue to apply through the effective dates as provided. For example, the COVID-19 flexibilities provided in MGR 20-030 continue to apply through calendar year 2021 without regard to issuance of this bulletin.
Actuarial Release 21-035
As of September 16, 2021 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
- 2021 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 8/31, 11/30, 1/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
- 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
Users can find this information in the following directories:
PM-21-055: 2021 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy Harvest Prices; 2022 CY Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance Projected Prices and Volatility Factors; 2022 CY Malting Barley Endorsement Price Components; and 2022...
Common Crop Insurance Policy 1
The 2021 CY harvest prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion. The harvest prices are applicable for the crop, sales closing date, states and practices indicated in the following table.
PM-21-054: 2021 Crop Year Hurricane Insurance Protection - Wind Index (HIP-WI) Payment Indicator and Trigger Event Date for Hurricane Ida
In accordance Section 8 of the HIP-WI Endorsement and the Hurricane Data Provisions, approved counties will have an updated payment flag and triggering event date available by close of business today in the following formats:
Actuarial Release 21-034
As of September 10, 2021 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
- 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 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: