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PM-20-084: Hybrid Seed Rice Crop Provisions Changes Effective for the 2021 and Succeeding Crop Years

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved revisions to the Hybrid Seed Rice (HSR) crop insurance program, on September 17, 2020. The changes allow Written Agreements for the 2021 and succeeding crop years in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas counties and parishes not offering HSR crop insurance but having appropriate actuarial data (T-Yields for long grain type rice, irrigated practice).

PM-20-082: 2021 Crop Year Organic Rice Price Factor, Organic Cotton Price Premium, and Popcorn Price Factors

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) derives prices for certain programs by applying factors and premiums to conventional projected and harvest prices established in accordance with the Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP). The factors and premiums for organic rice, organic cotton, popcorn and organic popcorn are provided below.

Action

Organic Rice Price Factor

PM-17-027: Margin Protection Plan of Insurance - Modifications Effective for 2018 and Succeeding Crop Years

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors (Board), on February 15, 2017, approved the following modifications to the Margin Protection (MP) Plan of Insurance for corn, wheat, rice and soybeans pilot program beginning with the 2018 crop year:

PM-17-029: Commodity Exchange Price Provisions for the 2018 and Succeeding Crop Years

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: