Stacked Income Protection Program

As of July 16, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 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:

In accordance with Section 3 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, Section 9 of the STAX Crop Provisions, and Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields, county revenues and payment factors for the 2017 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has discovered that, due to a computer programming error, the 2018 crop year Stacked Income Protection premium rates in the actuarial documents are incorrect and are much lower than is actuarially sound. In accordance sections 506(o) and 508(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, RMA is mandated to maintain actuarial soundness; therefore, action must be taken to correct and reissue the actuarially appropriate rates for the 2018 crop year.

In accordance with Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement and Section 9 of the STAX Crop Provisions, approved Final Area Yields and Final Area Revenues for 2016 crop year will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

As of February 07, 2018 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30, 2/28 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Special Provisions for the 2/28 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of August 11, 2017 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31, 9/30, 10/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Special Provisions for the 8/31, 9/30, 10/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of July 17, 2017 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of July 13, 2017 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2016 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2016 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

As of April 14, 2017 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

Background

The Agricultural Act of 2014 (Farm Bill) instructed the Risk Management Agency (RMA) to offer the Stacked Income Protection Plan of Insurance (STAX) to upland cotton producers which became effective for the 2015 insurance year and was available in all counties where insurance for upland cotton is available (see MGR-14-011).

After considering feedback and input from various program participants, RMA is making the following modification to the STAX program: