As of June 19, 2015 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 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:

• 2016 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2016 directory.
• 2016 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2016 directory

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Background

The Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) are used in conjunction with either the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions or the Area Risk Protection Insurance Basic Provisions, along with Crop Provisions for the following crops: barley, canola/rapeseed, corn, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat.

The CEPP specifies how and when the projected and harvest price components will be determined. The CEPP contains two sections:

As of June 11, 2015 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2015 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 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:

Background

This Informational Memorandum establishes the 2015 crop year Prune Reference Date and provides Approved Insurance Providers with the average dry prune count per pound for calculating second-period immature prune appraisals.

Each year the Davis Regional Office (DRO) establishes the Prune Reference Date. This date occurs one to two weeks after prune pit tip hardening when 80 to 90 percent of the seed shows the presence of endosperm, a clear jelly-like substance at the bloom end of the seed.

As of June 01, 2015 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2015 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2016 Special Provisions for the 4/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

Background

A private product submitted under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act providing Actual Production History (APH) coverage for clary sage was approved by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors on May 7, 2015. Beginning with the 2016 crop year, insurance coverage will be available to clary sage growers in four North Carolina counties: Bertie, Chowan, Edgecombe, and Martin counties.

Background

A private product submitted under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act providing revenue coverage for malting barley was approved by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors on February 5, 2014. The new Malting Barley Endorsement to the Small Grains Crop Provisions will be available to malting barley producers for the 2016 crop year in all counties where the current Malting Barley Price and Quality Endorsement is available.

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 May 19, 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

Consistent with the Special Provisions statement in lieu of section 10(d)(1) of the Upland and ELS Cotton Crop Provisions, Price B will be established by adding premiums or discounts associated with the predominant cotton quality characteristics as determined by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to the Upland and ELS Cotton National Average Loan Rate. The predominant quality characteristics of cotton in each state are determined from the most recent three years of Agricultural Marketing Service cotton classing data.