Sugar Beets

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has revised the Sugar Beet Crop Provisions to incorporate changes made in the Final Rule published in the Federal Register on September 10, 2018. The Sugar Beet Crop Provisions (19-039) are effective for the 2019 and succeeding crop years in states with a November 30 contract change date and for the 2020 and succeeding crop years in all other states. The intended effect of the changes is to update the policy to better reflect current agricultural practices.

As of November 27, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2019 Special Provisions for the 11/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2019 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2019 directory.
• 2019 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2019 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

As of November 15, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2019 Special Provisions for the 11/30, 12/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2019 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2019 directory.
• 2019 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2019 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

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:

As of June 13, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) published a Final Rule with Comment in the Federal Register, effective for the 2017 and succeeding crop years, which revised the Crop Provisions that contained Prevented Planting coverage levels for all crops with a 2017 contract change date on or after November 23, 2016, and for the 2018 and succeeding crop years for all crops with a 2017 contract change date prior to November 23, 2016.

As of June 11, 2015 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2015 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2016 Special Provisions for the 6/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(4)) allows the Risk Management Agency (RMA) to enter into contracts to carry out research and development.