As of February 21, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

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:

As of February 20, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Special Provisions for the 11/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2018 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2018 directory.
• 2018 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2018 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance ^1,2,3

The 2018 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Yield Protection, Area Yield Protection, Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion, and Area Revenue Protection with the Harvest Price Exclusion.

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

• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 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:

As of February 07, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30, 2/28 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Special Provisions for the 2/28 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2018 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2018 directory.
• 2018 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2018 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance ¹

The 2018 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Yield Protection, Area Yield Protection, Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion, and Area Revenue Protection - Harvest Price Exclusion.

As of February 01, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 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:

2018 Prices and volatilities are updated, reference PM-18-007, 11/30 filing.

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has revised the Nursery Crop Provisions to incorporate changes made in the Final Rule published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2018. The Nursery Crop Provisions (19-0073) are effective for the 2019 and succeeding crop years.

Action

RMA will place, by close of business today, the Nursery Crop Provisions for the 2019 crop year on the RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov/.