Grapes

Background 

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2018 crop year. The following attachment, 2018 Expansion of Existing Perennial Crops Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county for permanently-established (non-pilot) programs.

Action

Approved Insurance Providers should advise agents and in turn producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2018 crop year to allow producers the opportunity to purchase crop insurance.

As of September 26, 2017 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31, 9/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Special Provisions for the 9/30 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:

As of September 09, 2015 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2015 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31, 10/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2016 Special Provisions for the 8/31, 10/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

The Springfield Regional Office (RO) recently received a number of requests from Approved Insurance Providers (AIP) to further extend the timeline for submitting Pre-Acceptance Inspection Reports (PAIRs). Due to continued inclement weather and high volume of policies requiring a PAIR, the extension requests are approved.