Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance ¹

The 2015 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, sales closing dates, states, and types indicated in the following table.

As of August 03, 2015 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2015 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 6/30, 8/31, 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 July 28, 2015 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2015 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2015 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2015 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Background

Section 12305(b)(1)(B) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill) enacted on February 7, 2014, included the following:

PROHIBITION ON CATASTROPHIC RISK PROTECTION – Section 508(b) of the FCIA is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

(1)(B) EXCEPTION – Coverage described in subparagraph (A) shall not be available for crops and grasses used for grazing.

As of July 23, 2015 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31, 9/30, 10/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2016 Special Provisions for the 8/31, 9/30, 10/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

Background

Approved insurance providers (AIPs) and producers have raised questions regarding the insurability of Brassica carinata (hereafter referred to as “carinata”). Carinata is an inedible oilseed sharing characteristics of both mustard and canola intended for the biofuel market. A common name for the crop is “Ethiopian Mustard.” Processor contracts are being promoted in both fall and spring-seeded canola counties for the 2016 crop year.

In accordance with Section 3 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, approved final county yields and final county revenue for 2014 crop year cotton will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved the Margin Protection (MP) Plan of Insurance for corn, wheat, rice and soybeans on June 24, 2014. The MP plan of insurance is a privately developed product that was approved under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. The table below shows the crops and states were MP will be available.

As of July 08, 2015 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2014 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2016 Special Provisions for the 6/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories: