Soybeans

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has revised the Margin Protection Plan of Insurance for the 2019 crop year, as follows:

In accordance with Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final area yields for 2017 crop year Buckwheat, Burley Tobacco, Cigar Binder Tobacco, Corn, Cotton Ex Long Staple, Cucumbers, Dark Air Tobacco, Dry Beans, Fire Cured Tobacco, Flax, Flue Cured Tobacco, Grain Sorghum, Green Peas, Hybrid Corn Seed, Hybrid Seed Rice, Hybrid Sorghum Seed, Millet, Mustard, Peanuts, Popcorn, Processing Beans, Pumpkins, Rice, Sesame, Silage Sorghum, Soybeans, Sugar Beets, Sunflowers and Sweet Corn will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

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:

In accordance with Section 3 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, Section 14 of the MP Crop Provisions and Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields, final county revenues, harvest revenues and harvest margins for the 2016 and 2017 crop years will be available by close of business today in the following formats: 

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance ¹

The 2018 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 with the Harvest Price Exclusion.

Background

As the result of concerns regarding the proper reporting of organic acreage in the Coastal Bend area of Texas, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) implemented the following changes to maintain the integrity and actuarial soundness of organic coverage in that region. These changes include: