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Rainfall Index

Acronym
RI

PM-15-030 Expansion of the Rainfall Index-Annual Forage Plan of Insurance for the 2016 and Succeeding Crop Years

Background

On February 5, 2015, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved the expansion of the Rainfall Index-Annual Forage (RI-AF) plan of insurance to all counties in Colorado. The RI-AF plan is a privately developed product approved under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. The RI-AF plan of insurance offers protection for annually planted crops used for feed or fodder under the Rainfall and Vegetation Index Plan Insurance Basic Provisions.

Actuarial 15-020

As of May 19, 2015 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2015 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

  • 2015 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2015 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

PM-15-019 Rainfall Index - Annual Forage Changes Effective for 2016 and Succeeding Crop Years

Background

Changes have been made to the Annual Forage policy under the Rainfall and Vegetation Index Plan Common Policy for the 2016 crop year to incorporate changes required by the Agriculture Act of 2014.

The following revisions have been made to the Annual Forage plan program for the 2016 crop year:

PM-15-011 2014 Crop Year Rainfall Index November – December Index Interval Final Grid Indices for Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage

Background

In accordance with Section 8 of the Rainfall and Vegetation Index Plan Common Policy Basic Provisions, final grid indices and payment calculation factors have been determined and approved for the following: