PM-25-075: 2026 Crop Year (CY) Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) – Peanuts Factors: January 31, 2026, Sales Closing Date (SCD)
BACKGROUND
The CEPP – Peanuts factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2026 CY are identified below. The factors are applied to the commodity prices for wheat, cotton, soybean oil, and soybean meal during the discovery period of December 15, 2025, to January 14, 2026.
PM-25-072.1: Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) Final Rule Changes Effective for the 2026 and Succeeding Crop Years
BACKGROUND
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) issued Product Management Bulletin PM-25-072 on December 3, 2025, announcing changes to several policies under the EARP Final Rule. In accordance with PM -072, RMA is releasing the revised Guaranteed Production Plan of Fresh Market Tomato Crop Provisions, which has a December 31, 2025, contract change date.
ACTION
The Guaranteed Production Plan of Fresh Market Tomato Crop Provisions (26-186) will be available today on the RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov.
Actuarial Release 25-049
As of December 10, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
PM-25-074: 2025 Crop Year Rainfall Index Aug. – Sept. Index Interval Final Grid Indices for Annual Forage (Growing Seasons 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12), Apiculture, and PRF. Mar. – Sept. Catastrophic (CAT) Index Interval Final Grid Indices for Annual Forage
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:
PM-25-073: 2026 Crop Year (CY) Additional Price Elections for Almonds
In accordance with section 3(e)(1) of the Basic Provisions, the Risk Management Agency is providing additional price elections for almonds.
| 2026 CY Almond Additional Price Elections ($/pound) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Practice | Additional Price | Established Price |
| Conventional | $2.25 | $1.70 |
| Organic | $3.40 | $2.55 |
DISPOSAL DATE:
December 31, 2026
USDA to Expand Crop Insurance Access for Farmers and Ranchers, Boosting the Farm Safety Net
News Release
PM-25-072: Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) Final Rule Changes Effective for the 2026 and Succeeding Crop Years
BACKGROUND:
On November 28, 2025, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) published a final rule amending Subpart X - Interpretations of Statutory Provisions, Policy Provisions, and Procedures; the Area Risk Protection Insurance, Basic Provisions; the Common Crop Insurance Policy, Basic Provisions; and several Crop Provisions. The changes are effective beginning with the 2026 crop year for the November 30, 2025, contract change date and for the 2027 crop year for crops with a contract change date prior to November 30, 2025.
MGR-25-010: 2026 Crop Year County 11-30 Crop Program Expansions
BACKGROUND:
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2026 crop year having a November 30 contract change date. The following attachment, 2026 Expansion of 11-30 Crop Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county.
ACTION:
Approved Insurance Providers should advise producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2026 crop year.