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PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM–18-054

United States Department of Agriculture


Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services


Risk Management Agency


1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Stop 0801
Washington, DC  20250-0801

Date

November 02, 2018

To:

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

From:

Richard H. Flournoy, Deputy Administrator /s/ Richard H. Flournoy    11/2/2018

Subject:

2018 Crop Year Rainfall Index August – September Index Interval Final Grid Indices for Annual Forage, Apiculture, and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage / 2018 Crop Year Rainfall Index March – September Catastrophic (CAT) Index Interval Final Grid Indices for Annual Forage

BACKGROUND:
In accordance with Section 8 of the Rainfall and Vegetation Index Plan Common Policy Basic Provisions, final grid indices and payment calculation factors have been determined and approved for the following:

  • 2018 Crop Year Rainfall Index August – September Index Interval Final Grid Indices for Annual Forage, Apiculture, and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage
  • 2018 Crop Year Rainfall Index March – September Catastrophic (CAT) Index Interval Final Grid Indices for Annual Forage

ACTION:
By close of business today, final grid indices and payment calculation factors will be available in the Actuarial Information Browser and Actuarial Data Master in the following formats:

In accordance with section 8(d), any payments owed shall be issued no later than 60 days from the date of this notice.

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