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PM-18-043: Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) Pilot Plan of Insurance Modifications for the 2019 and Subsequent Policy Years

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) revised the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) plan of insurance for the 2019 and subsequent policy years. RMA consulted with stakeholders and based on their feedback, made the following modifications and clarifications to the WFRP policy:

Commodity Code Consolidation

PM-18-055: 2019 Crop Year Organic Rice Price Factor, Organic Cotton Price Premium, and Popcorn Factors

BACKGROUND:

Organic Rice Factor

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) offers distinct organic practice rice prices for many plans of insurance. The definitions and specifications for the rice organic practice prices are provided in the ‘Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) Section II: Rice’ document. The following 2019 CY organic practice price factor will be applied to conventional practice rice prices, as determined in accordance with the CEPP, to derive the organic practice rice prices:

Actuarial 18-040

As of November 15, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2019 Special Provisions for the 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

  • 2019 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2019 directory.
  • 2019 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2019 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Final Agency Determination: FAD-282

Subject: Request dated September 13, 2018, to the Risk Management Agency (RMA) requesting a Final Agency Determination for the 2017 crop year regarding the interpretation of section 20(h) and (i) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. § 457.8. This request is pursuant to 7 C.F.R. § 400, subpart X.

Background:

Section 20 of the Basic Provisions states, in relevant part:

Actuarial 18-039

As of November 02, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 6/30, 8/31, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

  • 2018 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2018 directory

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

PM-18-053: 2018 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy, Area Risk Protection Insurance and Margin Protection Harvest Prices Announcement

Common Crop Insurance Policy, Area Risk Protection Insurance, and Margin Protection

The 2018 CY harvest prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection – Harvest Price Exclusion. The harvest prices are applicable for the crops, types, practices, sales closing dates and states indicated in the following table.

Actuarial 18-038

As of October 30, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 2/28 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 10/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

PM-18-052: 2018 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy, Area Risk Protection Insurance and Margin Protection Harvest Prices Announcement

In accordance with Section 6 of the of the Group Risk Plan (GRP) Oyster Policy Basic Provisions, approved payment landings for the 2018 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

Final Agency Determination: FAD-280

Subject: Two requests dated June 28, 2018, and July 17, 2018, to the Risk Management Agency (RMA) requesting a Final Agency Determination for the 2015 crop year regarding the interpretation of section 20(b)(1) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions), published at 7 C.F.R. § 457.8. This request is pursuant to 7 C.F.R. § 400, subpart X.

Background:

Section 20 of the Basic Provisions states, in relevant part:

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