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Margin Coverage Option is a privately developed product that was submitted to the FCIC Board under Section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. Margin Coverage Option is offered as an endorsement for select crops. The endorsement provides producers with coverage against an unexpected decrease in their operating margin with a 86% to 95% band of insurance.
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved implementation of the Margin Coverage Option (MCO) program, under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, on May 23, 2024.
MCO provides a band of insurance from 86 percent up to 95 percent of expected crop value to cover producers’ operating margins. MCO will be available as an endorsement for corn, cotton, grain sorghum, soybeans, rice, and spring wheat for the 2026 and succeeding crop years.
For the Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) approved 2025 CY projected prices and volatility factors for insurance offers with a projected price discovery period of February 1, 2025, through February 28, 2025. These values may be viewed in the attachment and on RMA’s Price Discovery portal, located here: Price Discovery.
These values will also be available at the following locations on RMA’s website by March 5, 2025:
As of February 28, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
The CEPP – Peanuts factors necessary to establish a producer’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2025 CY are identified below. The factors are applied to the commodity prices for wheat, cotton, soybean oil, and soybean meal during the discovery period of February 1, 2025, to February 28, 2025. These factors apply only to states with an SCD of March 15, 2025.
The CEPP – Peanuts factors necessary to establish a producer’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2025 CY are identified below. The factors are applied to the commodity prices for wheat, cotton, soybean oil, and soybean meal during the discovery period of January 15, 2025, to February 14, 2025. These factors apply only to states with an SCD of February 28, 2025.
The CEPP – Peanuts factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2025 CY are identified below. The factors are applied to the commodity prices for wheat, cotton, soybean oil, and soybean meal during the discovery period of December 15, 2024, to January 14, 2025. These factors apply only to states with an SCD of January 31, 2025.
On November 27, 2024, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) published a final rule in the Federal Register that amended the Area Risk Protection Insurance (ARPI), Basic Provisions, and various Crop Provisions.
The following changes apply for the 2025 and succeeding crop years for the November 30, 2024, contract change date and for the 2026 and succeeding crop years for crops with earlier contract change dates:
As of October 15, 2024 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
