Grass Seed

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2025 crop year having a June 30 contract change date. The following attachment, 2025 Expansion of Existing Fall Crop Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county.

Action

Approved Insurance Providers should advise producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2025 crop year.

DISPOSAL DATE:
December 31, 2024.

Background

Today, June 27, 2024, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) published a final rule in the Federal Register that amended Subpart J (Appeal Procedure), Common Crop Insurance Policy (CCIP), Basic Provisions and Area Risk Protection Insurance (ARPI), Basic Provisions, and various Crop Provisions.

In accordance with Section 15 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, Section 10 of the ECO Endorsement, Section 14 of the MP Crop Provisions, and Section 10 of the SCO Endorsement, approved final county yields, final county revenues, harvest revenues, harvest margins and payment factors for the 2023 crop year will be available by close of business May 15, 2024, in the following formats:

As of May 14, 2024 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2023 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 9/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2023 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2023 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2024 crop year having a June 30 contract change date. The following attachment, 2024 Expansion of Existing Fall Crop Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county.

Action

Approved Insurance Providers should advise producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2024 crop year. 

DISPOSAL DATE: 
December 31, 2023. 

As of June 28, 2023 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2023 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2023 Special Provisions for the 11/30 Filing Date.
• 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2024 Special Provisions for the 6/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

Background

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) revised the Grass Seed Crop Provisions to allow enterprise units and optional units by type beginning with the 2024 crop year. RMA also clarified that a grass seed production contract must be provided by the acreage reporting date.

Action

The Grass Seed Crop Provisions (24-0102) will be available by close of business today on the RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov.

As of June 14, 2023 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2023 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2024 Special Provisions for the 6/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

As of April 14, 2023 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2021 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2022 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 9/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2023 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories: