Grain Sorghum

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors (FCIC Board) approved the High-Risk Alternative Coverage Endorsement (HR-ACE) on March 1, 2012. The HRACE is a privately-developed product that was submitted to the FCIC Board under Section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. The only unit structures initially available for HR-ACE were basic and optional units. On February 5, 2015, the Board approved enterprise units beginning with the 2017 crop year.

As of April 19, 2016 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.

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:

In accordance with Section 3 of the ARPI Crop Provisions and Section 10 of the SCO Crop Provisions, approved final county yields and final county revenues for 2015 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance ¹

The 2016 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.

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance¹

The 2016 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the Yield Protection, Area Yield Protection, Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection - Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance.

As of February 02, 2016 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

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

Users can find this information in the following directories:

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

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance ¹

The 2016 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the Yield Protection, Area Yield Protection, Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection - Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance.

Common Crop Insurance Policy ¹

The 2016 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the Yield Protection, Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The 2016 CY volatility factors shown below are approved for the Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance.

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, and 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:

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

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