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PM-17-021: Annual Forage Plan of Insurance - Modifications Effective for 2018 and Succeeding Crop Years and Rainfall Index and Vegetation Index Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Basic Provisions Changes

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:

PM-17-024: Livestock Risk Protection and Livestock Gross Margin-Cattle, Dairy, and Swine Basic Provisions Updates

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.

PM-17-025.1: 2016 Crop Year Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) Final Area Yields

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

MGR-20-029: 2021 Crop Year County Spring Crop Program Expansions

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2021 crop year having a November 30, 2020, or December 31, 2020, contract change date. The following attachment, 2021 Expansion of Existing Spring Crop Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county for this permanent (non-pilot) program.

Action

Approved Insurance Providers should advise producers of the expanded county crop program for the 2021 crop year.

DISPOSAL DATE:
March 15, 2021

PM-17-027: Margin Protection Plan of Insurance - Modifications Effective for 2018 and Succeeding Crop Years

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors (Board), on February 15, 2017, approved the following modifications to the Margin Protection (MP) Plan of Insurance for corn, wheat, rice and soybeans pilot program beginning with the 2018 crop year:

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