Hybrid Sweet Corn Seed

Additional Price Elections:

In accordance with section 3(e)(1) of the Basic Provisions, the Risk Management Agency is providing additional price elections for hybrid sweet corn and hybrid popcorn seed.

As of February 28, 2023 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2023 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of November 29, 2021 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2022 Special Provisions for the 8/31, 11/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2022 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2022 directory.
• 2022 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2022 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

As of November 25, 2020 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2021 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2021 Special Provisions for the 11/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2021 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2021 directory.
• 2021 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2021 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved an expansion of the Hybrid Sweet Corn Seed crop insurance program to include Hybrid Popcorn Seed, on March 4, 2020. The existing Crop Provisions were renamed Hybrid Specialty Seed Crop Provisions to cover both Hybrid Sweet Corn Seed and Hybrid Popcorn Seed. In addition to the changes described above, the following changes are applicable for the 2021 and succeeding crop years:

As of November

As of November 19, 2020 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2021 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2021 Special Provisions for the 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of December 10, 2019 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31, 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2020 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2020 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation revised the Hybrid Sweet Corn Seed Crop Provisions to clarify the definitions of hybrid sweet corn seed processor contract and amount of insurance per acre. The changes are applicable for the 2020 and succeeding crop years.

Action

The Hybrid Sweet Corn Seed Crop Provisions (20-0093) will be available by close of business today on the RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov.

Background

On September 16, 2015, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors (Board) approved implementation of a Hybrid Sweet Corn Seed (HSCS) Pilot Program beginning with crop year 2016. The HSCS Pilot Program is available in select counties in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon and Washington and is designed similar to other current hybrid seed crop insurance programs.

The sales closing date is March 15, 2016, for the 2016 crop year.