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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.
As of March 05, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
Additional notes and details regarding this data release:
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:
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 January 15, 2025, through February 14, 2025. These values may be viewed in the attachment and on RMA’s Price Discovery portal, located here: public-rma.fpac.usda.gov/apps/PriceDiscovery.
These values will also be available at the following locations on RMA’s website by February 20, 2025:
As of February 04, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
Additional notes and details regarding this data release:
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 January 1, 2025, through January 31, 2025. These values may be viewed in the attachment and on RMA’s Price Discovery portal, located here: public-rma.fpac.usda.gov/apps/PriceDiscovery.
These values will also be available at the following locations on RMA’s website by February 5, 2025:
For the Common Crop Insurance Policy, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) approved 2025 CY projected prices and volatility factors for insurance offers with a projected price discovery period of December 15, 2024, through January 14, 2025. These values may be viewed in the attachment and on RMA’s Price Discovery portal, located here:
public-rma.fpac.usda.gov/apps/PriceDiscovery.
These values will also be available at the following locations on RMA’s website by January 17, 2025:
