The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has received requests from the American Sesame Growers Association to expand the Sesame Pilot Program. On November 15, 2018, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved expansion of the Sesame Pilot Program to 36 counties and approved expansion by written agreement to 252 counties in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas for 2019 and succeeding crop years.

The expansion was approved for the following counties:

• Kansas: Comanche, Cowley, and Sedgwick;
• Oklahoma: Beckham, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Kay, Logan, Love, Noble, Roger Mills, Woods, and Woodward; and
• Texas: Atascosa, Baylor, Concho, Cooke, Fisher, Foard, Frio, Hill, Jackson, Karnes, Knox, Martin, Robertson, Shackelford, Starr, Stonewall, Taylor, Throckmorton, and Williamson.

 Written agreements were approved for the counties listed in the attachment. Only written agreements under Section 18(f)(2) of the Basic Provisions (for counties without actuarial documents for the crop) are applicable. No other policy provisions may be modified.

RMA will place, by close of business today, the Sesame Pilot Crop Provisions for the 2019 crop year on the RMA website at www.rma.usda.gov.

Interested producers should contact a crop insurance agent for further information. A list of agents can be found on the Risk Management Agency (RMA) website at www.rma.usda.gov.