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Supplemental Coverage Option

Actuarial Release 25-016

As of April 29, 2025 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2023 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31, 10/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

Actuarial Release 25-012

As of April 16, 2025 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 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2026 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2026 Special Provisions for the 4/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

MGR-25-001: Stacked Income Protection Plan and Supplemental Coverage Option Reporting Requirements for the 2025 Crop Year

BACKGROUND:

The STAX and SCO programs administered by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) have insurability limitations based on the producer’s enrollment or election status in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, which are administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA). The STAX policy requires producers to report the enrollment status of their acreage in ARC or PLC. The SCO endorsement requires producers to report the election status of their farm for ARC and PLC.

PM-24-049: Fire Insurance Protection - Smoke Index (FIP-SI) Endorsement Effective for the 2025 and Succeeding Crop Years

Background

On May 23, 2024, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors approved the Fire Insurance Protection - Smoke Index (FIP-SI) Endorsement. It is available beginning with the 2025 crop year as additional coverage for the Common Crop Insurance Policy, Basic Provisions and the Actual Production History Grape Crop Provisions in counties located in California. The coverage provided by this Endorsement may be combined with the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) Endorsement or the Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement (CAT).

PM-24-034: 2023 Crop Year Supplemental Coverage Option Final Area Yields for Buckwheat, Burley Tobacco, Cigar Binder Tobacco, Corn, Cucumbers, Dark Air Tobacco, Dry Beans, Fire Cured Tobacco, Flax, Flue Cured Tobacco, Grain Sorghum, Green Peas, Hybrid Cor

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 June 13, 2024, in the following formats:

Actuarial Release 24-019

As of June 13, 2024 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2023 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2024 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2025 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files. 

Users can find this information in the following directories: