Margin Protection - Crop

Malting Barley Endorsement

The Malting Barley Endorsement (MBE) utilizes a Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soft red wheat price component to derive the 2017 CY projected price for any insured whose malt barley contract provides for a premium amount above or below a base price to be determined, and whose base price is not determined by the acreage reporting date. Please see the MBE for details: www.rma.usda.gov/policy-procedure/crop-policies/malting-barley-endorsement-17-0091b.

As of September 19, 2016 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

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

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2017 directory.

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As of June 29, 2016 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2017 Special Provisions for the 6/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2017 directory.
• 2017 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2017 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

As of June 24, 2016 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2017 Special Provisions for the 6/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2017 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2017 directory.
• 2017 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2017 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

As of May 11, 2016 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 6/30, 8/31, 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:

Background

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors (FCIC Board) approved the Margin Protection (MP) Plan of Insurance for corn, wheat, rice and soybeans on June 24, 2014, a privately developed product submitted under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. For the 2017 crop year, minor changes and technical corrections have been made to the Margin Protection (MP) plan of Insurance.

Margin Protection Plan

The following 2016 CY margin projected prices and volatility factors are approved for Margin Protection Plan for rice offers with a February 28 sales closing date. The margin projected price is used in conjunction with projected input prices and the expected county yield to derive the expected margin (per acre), trigger margin (per acre) and liability.

As of February 18, 2016 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 January 20, 2016 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.

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:

Margin Protection Plan

The following 2016 CY margin projected prices and volatility factors are approved for the Margin Protection Plan. The margin projected price is used in conjunction with projected input prices and the expected county yield to derive the expected margin (per acre), trigger margin (per acre) and liability.