MANAGERS BULLETIN: MGR17-012




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Stop 0801
Washington, DC  20250-0801

Date

September 01, 2017

To:

All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties

From:

Heather Manzano /s/ Heather Manzano    9/1/2017

Subject:

2018 Crop Year County Perennial Crops Program Expansion
Background
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2018 crop year. The following attachment, 2018 Expansion of Existing Perennial Crops Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county for permanently-established (non-pilot) programs.
Action

Approved Insurance Providers should advise agents and in turn producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2018 crop year to allow producers the opportunity to purchase crop insurance.

 

DISPOSAL DATE: November 30, 2018

Attachment

2018 EXPANSION OF EXISTING PERENNIAL CROPS PROGRAMS

Crop State Counties
Blueberries
Oregon
Morrow
Grapes California
San Diego
Grapes
Connecticut
Litchfield, New London, Windham
Grapes
Maryland 
Queen Anne’s, Washington
Grapes
Massachusetts
Bristol
Grapes
New Jersey
Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester
Grapes
Pennsylvania
Adams, Berks, Chester, Schuylkill
Grapes
Virginia
Albemarle, Botetourt, Charlotte, Fauquier, James City, Loudoun, Nelson, Orange, Rappahannock, Shenandoah
Pecans California
Glenn
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