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Actuarial Release 26-020

As of May 13, 2026 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2025 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 9/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2026 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

MGR-26-004: 2025 Crop Year Abnormal Cotton Ginning Delays in Texas and Oklahoma

BACKGROUND:

In areas of Texas and Oklahoma, an increase in planted cotton acreage and subsequent high cotton yields have caused abnormal delays in the completion of the ginning process of harvested cotton production for the 2025 crop year. As a result, many cotton insureds in these two states will not have gin records of their 2025 cotton crop available by the Insured’s Production Reporting Date (IPRD).

PM-26-012: 2026 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance Projected Prices and Volatility Factors

For the Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) approved 2026 CY projected prices and volatility factors for insurance offers with a projected price discovery period of February 1, 2026, through February 28, 2026. These values may be viewed in the attachment and on RMA’s Price Discovery Portal.

These values will also be available at the following locations on RMA’s website by March 4, 2026:

PM-26-010: 2026 Crop Year Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance Projected Prices and Volatility Factors

For the Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) approved 2026 CY projected prices and volatility factors for insurance offers with a projected price discovery period of January 15, 2026, through February 14, 2026. These values may be viewed in the attachment and on RMA’s Price Discovery Portal.

These values will also be available at the following locations on RMA’s website by February 19, 2026:

PM-26-007: 2026 Crop Year Commodity Exchange Price Provisions – Peanuts Factors: March 15, 2026, Sales Closing Date

BACKGROUND:

The CEPP – Peanuts factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2026 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, 2026, to February 28, 2026. These factors apply only to states with an SCD of March 15, 2026, and are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology.

PM-26-004: 2026 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy Projected Prices and Volatility Factors

For the Common Crop Insurance Policy, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) approved 2026 CY projected prices and volatility factors for insurance offers with a projected price discovery period of December 15, 2025, through January 14, 2026. These values may be viewed in the attachment and on RMA’s Price Discovery Portal.

These values will also be available at the following locations on RMA’s website by January 20, 2026:

PM-26-002: 2026 Crop Year Commodity Exchange Price Provisions – Peanuts Factors: February 28, 2026, Sales Closing Date

BACKGROUND:

The CEPP – Peanuts factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2026 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, 2026, to February 14, 2026. These factors apply only to states with an SCD of February 28, 2026, and are determined in accordance with the Peanut Price Methodology.

PM-25-075: 2026 Crop Year (CY) Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) – Peanuts Factors: January 31, 2026, Sales Closing Date (SCD)

BACKGROUND

The CEPP – Peanuts factors necessary to establish the insured’s amount of protection under the peanut program for the 2026 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, 2025, to January 14, 2026.

PM-25-072: Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) Final Rule Changes Effective for the 2026 and Succeeding Crop Years

BACKGROUND: 

On November 28, 2025, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) published a final rule amending Subpart X - Interpretations of Statutory Provisions, Policy Provisions, and Procedures; the Area Risk Protection Insurance, Basic Provisions; the Common Crop Insurance Policy, Basic Provisions; and several Crop Provisions. The changes are effective beginning with the 2026 crop year for the November 30, 2025, contract change date and for the 2027 crop year for crops with a contract change date prior to November 30, 2025.