MANAGERS BULLETIN: MGR17-017




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Date

December 18, 2017

To:

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

From:

Heather Manzano Acting Administrator /s/ Heather Manzano    12/18/2017

Subject:

2018 Crop Year County Spring 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 Spring 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


Crop State Counties
Buckwheat Washington Adams
Corn Mississippi Choctaw
Cotton Virginia Mecklenburg, New Kent
Dry Beans
Idaho Franklin
Dry peas
Alaska Fairbanks North Star, Southeast Fairbanks
Dry Peas
Kansas Decatur, Rawlins
Dry Peas
Nebraska Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock, Lincoln, Red Willow
Dry Peas
Washington Benton
Grain Sorghum
California San Joaquin
Soybeans
Mississippi Choctaw
Soybeans New York
Albany, Broome, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady
Sunflowers Nebraska Cherry, Dawes
Wheat
Minnesota Itasca
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