Cotton

Background

Organic Rice Prices

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance ^1,2

The 2015 CY harvest prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection – Harvest Price Exclusion. The harvest prices are applicable for the crops, types, practices, sales closing dates and states indicated in the following table.

Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance ^{1, 2}

The 2015 CY harvest prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection – Harvest Price Exclusion. The harvest prices are applicable for the crops, sales closing dates, states, types, and practices indicated in the following table.

In accordance with Section 3 of the ARPI Crop Provisions, approved final county yields and final county revenue for 2014 crop year cotton will be available by close of business today in the following formats:

As of July 08, 2015 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2014 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2016 Special Provisions for the 6/30 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

Background

The Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) are used in conjunction with either the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions or the Area Risk Protection Insurance Basic Provisions, along with Crop Provisions for the following crops: barley, canola/rapeseed, corn, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat.

The CEPP specifies how and when the projected and harvest price components will be determined. The CEPP contains two sections:

Background

Consistent with the Special Provisions statement in lieu of section 10(d)(1) of the Upland and ELS Cotton Crop Provisions, Price B will be established by adding premiums or discounts associated with the predominant cotton quality characteristics as determined by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to the Upland and ELS Cotton National Average Loan Rate. The predominant quality characteristics of cotton in each state are determined from the most recent three years of Agricultural Marketing Service cotton classing data.

As of April 20, 2015 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2014 Actuarial Data Master for the 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

• 2014 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2014 directory

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

As of March 31, 2015 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

• 2014 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2015 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 11/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
• 2015 Special Provisions for the 11/30 Filing Date.
• 2016 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

Common Crop Insurance Policy & Area Risk Protection Insurance ¹

The 2015 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the following plans of insurance: Yield Protection, Area Yield Protection, Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection - Harvest Price Exclusion.